#CEC8AE#CEC8AE

#CEC8AE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.036 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC8AE
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 174)
HSL	hsl(49, 25%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(49, 16%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 15.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.45, -2.28, 13.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.45, 13.95, 99.39°)
OKLab	oklab(83.07% -0.004 0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(83.07% 0.036 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.7473, 57.4870, 48.3009)
Luminance	0.5749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC8AE #AEB4CE

analogous

#CEB8AE #CEC8AE #C4CEAE

triadic

#CEC8AE #AECEC8 #C8AECE

tetradic

#CEC8AE #AECEB8 #AEB4CE #CEAEC4

square

#CEC8AE #AECEB8 #AEB4CE #CEAEC4

split-complementary

#CEC8AE #AEC4CE #B8AECE

monochromatic

#A09462 #B7AE88 #CEC8AE #E5E2D4 #F3F2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CEC8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#CEC8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC8AE

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC8AE	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC6AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC9AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.036 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd8c6',
    500: '#cec8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec8ae;
$custom-light: #ddd8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 24.615,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8307,
    "c": 0.03583,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC8AE

secondary

#7D84A3

accent

#55A342

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#151413

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC8AE

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

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