#CEC8B0#CEC8B0

#CEC8B0 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.033 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC8B0
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 176)
HSL	hsl(48, 23%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(48, 15%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 14.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.50, -1.96, 12.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.50, 12.91, 98.74°)
OKLab	oklab(83.12% -0.0032 0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(83.12% 0.033 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.9437, 57.5656, 49.3354)
Luminance	0.5756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC8B0 #B0B6CE

analogous

#CEB9B0 #CEC8B0 #C5CEB0

triadic

#CEC8B0 #B0CEC8 #C8B0CE

tetradic

#CEC8B0 #B0CEB9 #B0B6CE #CEB0C5

square

#CEC8B0 #B0CEB9 #B0B6CE #CEB0C5

split-complementary

#CEC8B0 #B0C5CE #B9B0CE

monochromatic

#9F9364 #B7AE8A #CEC8B0 #E5E2D6 #F3F2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CEC8B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#CEC8B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC8B0

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC8B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC8B0	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)

#CDC6AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC9B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec8b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.033 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd8c7',
    500: '#cec8b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec8b0;
$custom-light: #ddd8c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec8b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 23.438,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83119,
    "c": 0.03322,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC8B0

secondary

#7F86A3

accent

#56A244

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#151413

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC8B0

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

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