#CECBB9#CECBB9

#CECBB9 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.025 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECBB9
RGB	rgb(206, 203, 185)
HSL	hsl(51, 18%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(51, 10%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 10.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.48, -2.08, 9.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.48, 9.58, 102.53°)
OKLab	oklab(83.96% -0.0039 0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(83.96% 0.025 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.5655, 59.3369, 54.4155)
Luminance	0.5934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECBB9 #B9BCCE

analogous

#CEC1B9 #CECBB9 #C7CEB9

triadic

#CECBB9 #B9CECB #CBB9CE

tetradic

#CECBB9 #B9CEC1 #B9BCCE #CEB9C7

square

#CECBB9 #B9CEC1 #B9BCCE #CEB9C7

split-complementary

#CECBB9 #B9C7CE #C1B9CE

monochromatic

#9C9671 #B5B095 #CECBB9 #E7E6DD #F2F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CECBB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#CECBB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECBB9

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECBB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECBB9	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCAB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0CBBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecbb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 203, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.025 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddace',
    500: '#cecbb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecbb9;
$custom-light: #dddace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecbb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83958,
    "c": 0.02469,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECBB9

secondary

#898CA3

accent

#559C4A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFA

border

#D5D4D3

text

#151413

muted

#848383

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECBB9

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

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