#CECC8A#CECC8A

#CECC8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.086 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECC8A
RGB	rgb(206, 204, 138)
HSL	hsl(58, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 33%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.82, -9.34, 33.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.82, 34.50, 105.71°)
OKLab	oklab(83.14% -0.0246 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(83.14% 0.086 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.6344, 58.1435, 32.5426)
Luminance	0.5814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECC8A #8A8CCE

analogous

#CEAA8A #CECC8A #AECE8A

triadic

#CECC8A #8ACECC #CC8ACE

tetradic

#CECC8A #8ACEAA #8A8CCE #CE8AAE

square

#CECC8A #8ACEAA #8A8CCE #CE8AAE

split-complementary

#CECC8A #8AAECE #AA8ACE

monochromatic

#9C9A41 #BCB95F #CECC8A #E0DFB5 #F2F2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#CECC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#CECC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECC8A

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECC8A	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C785

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CA8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecc8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 204, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.086 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedbad',
    500: '#cecc8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecc8a;
$custom-light: #dedbad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecc8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 40.964,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83136,
    "c": 0.08588,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECC8A

secondary

#5A5CA2

accent

#35B431

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECC8A

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

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