#CEC8B2#CEC8B2

#CEC8B2 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.031 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC8B2
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 178)
HSL	hsl(47, 22%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(47, 14%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 13.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.54, -1.64, 11.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.54, 11.87, 97.96°)
OKLab	oklab(83.17% -0.0023 0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(83.17% 0.031 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.1431, 57.6453, 50.3852)
Luminance	0.5765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC8B2 #B2B8CE

analogous

#CEBAB2 #CEC8B2 #C6CEB2

triadic

#CEC8B2 #B2CEC8 #C8B2CE

tetradic

#CEC8B2 #B2CEBA #B2B8CE #CEB2C6

square

#CEC8B2 #B2CEBA #B2B8CE #CEB2C6

split-complementary

#CEC8B2 #B2C6CE #BAB2CE

monochromatic

#9E9367 #B6AD8D #CEC8B2 #E6E3D7 #F3F2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CEC8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#CEC8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC8B2

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC8B2	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC7B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC9B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.031 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd8c9',
    500: '#cec8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec8b2;
$custom-light: #ddd8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 22.222,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83169,
    "c": 0.03062,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC8B2

secondary

#8188A3

accent

#59A145

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#151413

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC8B2

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

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