#CECA9F#CECA9F

#CECA9F is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.058 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECA9F
RGB	rgb(206, 202, 159)
HSL	hsl(55, 32%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(55, 23%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 22.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.66, -5.55, 22.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.66, 22.72, 104.14°)
OKLab	oklab(83.14% -0.0131 0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(83.14% 0.058 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.8320, 57.8669, 41.1804)
Luminance	0.5787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECA9F #9FA3CE

analogous

#CEB39F #CECA9F #BBCE9F

triadic

#CECA9F #9FCECA #CA9FCE

tetradic

#CECA9F #9FCEB3 #9FA3CE #CE9FBB

square

#CECA9F #9FCEB3 #9FA3CE #CE9FBB

split-complementary

#CECA9F #9FBBCE #B39FCE

monochromatic

#A19A52 #B9B476 #CECA9F #E3E0C8 #F5F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CECA9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#CECA9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECA9F

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECA9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECA9F	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C79C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C9A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceca9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 202, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.058 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddabb',
    500: '#ceca9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceca9f;
$custom-light: #dddabb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceca9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.894,
    "s": 32.414,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83136,
    "c": 0.05752,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECA9F

secondary

#6E72A3

accent

#44AB3A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECA9F

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

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