#CEC8AC#CEC8AC

#CEC8AC is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.038 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC8AC
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 172)
HSL	hsl(49, 26%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(49, 17%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 16.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.41, -2.59, 14.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.41, 15.00, 99.93°)
OKLab	oklab(83.02% -0.0048 0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(83.02% 0.038 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.5538, 57.4096, 47.2817)
Luminance	0.5741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC8AC #ACB2CE

analogous

#CEB7AC #CEC8AC #C3CEAC

triadic

#CEC8AC #ACCEC8 #C8ACCE

tetradic

#CEC8AC #ACCEB7 #ACB2CE #CEACC3

square

#CEC8AC #ACCEB7 #ACB2CE #CEACC3

split-complementary

#CEC8AC #ACC3CE #B7ACCE

monochromatic

#A1955F #B7AF86 #CEC8AC #E5E2D2 #F4F2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CEC8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#CEC8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC8AC

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC8AC	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC6AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C9AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.038 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd8c4',
    500: '#cec8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec8ac;
$custom-light: #ddd8c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 25.758,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83022,
    "c": 0.03843,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC8AC

secondary

#7B82A3

accent

#53A441

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#151412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC8AC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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