#CEC8AF#CEC8AF

#CEC8AF is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.035 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC8AF
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 175)
HSL	hsl(48, 24%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(48, 15%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 15%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.47, -2.12, 13.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.47, 13.43, 99.08°)
OKLab	oklab(83.09% -0.0036 0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(83.09% 0.035 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.8452, 57.5262, 48.8162)
Luminance	0.5753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC8AF #AFB5CE

analogous

#CEB9AF #CEC8AF #C5CEAF

triadic

#CEC8AF #AFCEC8 #C8AFCE

tetradic

#CEC8AF #AFCEB9 #AFB5CE #CEAFC5

square

#CEC8AF #AFCEB9 #AFB5CE #CEAFC5

split-complementary

#CEC8AF #AFC5CE #B9AFCE

monochromatic

#A09463 #B7AE89 #CEC8AF #E5E2D5 #F3F2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CEC8AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#CEC8AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC8AF

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC8AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC8AF	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC6AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC9B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec8af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.035 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd8c6',
    500: '#cec8af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec8af;
$custom-light: #ddd8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec8af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 24.031,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83094,
    "c": 0.03453,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC8AF

secondary

#7E85A3

accent

#55A343

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#151413

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC8AF

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

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