#CECAB8#CECAB8

#CECAB8 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.025 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECAB8
RGB	rgb(206, 202, 184)
HSL	hsl(49, 18%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(49, 11%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 10.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.19, -1.72, 9.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.19, 9.63, 100.28°)
OKLab	oklab(83.73% -0.0029 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(83.73% 0.025 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.2249, 58.8240, 53.7830)
Luminance	0.5882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECAB8 #B8BCCE

analogous

#CEBFB8 #CECAB8 #C7CEB8

triadic

#CECAB8 #B8CECA #CAB8CE

tetradic

#CECAB8 #B8CEBF #B8BCCE #CEB8C7

square

#CECAB8 #B8CEBF #B8BCCE #CEB8C7

split-complementary

#CECAB8 #B8C7CE #BFB8CE

monochromatic

#9C9470 #B5AF94 #CECAB8 #E7E5DC #F3F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CECAB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#CECAB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECAB8

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECAB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECAB8	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC9B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFCAB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 202, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.025 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddacd',
    500: '#cecab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecab8;
$custom-light: #dddacd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 18.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83729,
    "c": 0.02489,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECAB8

secondary

#888CA3

accent

#589D49

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFA

border

#D5D4D3

text

#151413

muted

#848383

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECAB8

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

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