#CECB97#CECB97

#CECB97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.069 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECB97
RGB	rgb(206, 203, 151)
HSL	hsl(57, 36%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 26.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.78, -7.17, 26.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.78, 27.35, 105.20°)
OKLab	oklab(83.18% -0.0178 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(83.18% 0.069 105)
XYZ	xyz(52.3956, 58.0689, 37.7204)
Luminance	0.5807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECB97 #979ACE

analogous

#CEAF97 #CECB97 #B6CE97

triadic

#CECB97 #97CECB #CB97CE

tetradic

#CECB97 #97CEAF #979ACE #CE97B6

square

#CECB97 #97CEAF #979ACE #CE97B6

split-complementary

#CECB97 #97B6CE #AF97CE

monochromatic

#9F9B4B #BAB66D #CECB97 #E2E0C1 #F5F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#CECB97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#CECB97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECB97

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECB97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECB97	1.00	1.66	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C794

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CA99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecb97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 203, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.069 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddab6',
    500: '#cecb97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecb97;
$custom-light: #dddab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecb97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.727,
    "s": 35.948,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83176,
    "c": 0.06881,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.58068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECB97

secondary

#6669A3

accent

#3DAF37

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECB97

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

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