#CEC8B6#CEC8B6

#CEC8B6 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.025 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC8B6
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 182)
HSL	hsl(45, 20%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(45, 12%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 11.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.63, -1.00, 9.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.63, 9.80, 95.86°)
OKLab	oklab(83.27% -0.0007 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(83.27% 0.025 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.5505, 57.8083, 52.5313)
Luminance	0.5781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC8B6 #B6BCCE

analogous

#CEBCB6 #CEC8B6 #C8CEB6

triadic

#CEC8B6 #B6CEC8 #C8B6CE

tetradic

#CEC8B6 #B6CEBC #B6BCCE #CEB6C8

square

#CEC8B6 #B6CEBC #B6BCCE #CEB6C8

split-complementary

#CEC8B6 #B6C8CE #BCB6CE

monochromatic

#9D916D #B5AC91 #CEC8B6 #E7E4DB #F3F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CEC8B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#CEC8B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC8B6

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC8B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC8B6	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC7B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC9B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec8b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.025 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd8cb',
    500: '#cec8b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec8b6;
$custom-light: #ddd8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec8b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 19.672,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8327,
    "c": 0.02542,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC8B6

secondary

#858DA3

accent

#5D9E47

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#151413

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC8B6

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

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