#CECB8D#CECB8D

#CECB8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.081 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECB8D
RGB	rgb(206, 203, 141)
HSL	hsl(57, 40%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(57, 32%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 31.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.60, -8.46, 31.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.60, 32.50, 105.09°)
OKLab	oklab(82.98% -0.0219 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(82.98% 0.081 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.6176, 57.7577, 33.6234)
Luminance	0.5776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECB8D #8D90CE

analogous

#CEAA8D #CECB8D #B0CE8D

triadic

#CECB8D #8DCECB #CB8DCE

tetradic

#CECB8D #8DCEAA #8D90CE #CE8DB0

square

#CECB8D #8DCEAA #8D90CE #CE8DB0

split-complementary

#CECB8D #8DB0CE #AA8DCE

monochromatic

#9D9944 #BCB762 #CECB8D #E0DFB8 #F3F2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CECB8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#CECB8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECB8D

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECB8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECB8D	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C689

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C98F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecb8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 203, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.081 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedaaf',
    500: '#cecb8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecb8d;
$custom-light: #dedaaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecb8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.231,
    "s": 39.877,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82982,
    "c": 0.08109,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECB8D

secondary

#5C5FA3

accent

#39B333

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECB8D

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

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