#CECD8A#CECD8A

#CECD8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.087 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECD8A
RGB	rgb(206, 205, 138)
HSL	hsl(59, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(59, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 33%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.08, -9.85, 33.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.08, 34.97, 106.37°)
OKLab	oklab(83.35% -0.0261 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(83.35% 0.087 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.8728, 58.6204, 32.6221)
Luminance	0.5862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECD8A #8A8BCE

analogous

#CEAB8A #CECD8A #ADCE8A

triadic

#CECD8A #8ACECD #CD8ACE

tetradic

#CECD8A #8ACEAB #8A8BCE #CE8AAD

square

#CECD8A #8ACEAB #8A8BCE #CE8AAD

split-complementary

#CECD8A #8AADCE #AB8ACE

monochromatic

#9C9B41 #BCBB5F #CECD8A #E0DFB5 #F2F2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CECD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#CECD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECD8A

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECD8A	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CB8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecd8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 205, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.087 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedcad',
    500: '#cecd8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecd8a;
$custom-light: #dedcad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecd8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.118,
    "s": 40.964,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83345,
    "c": 0.08707,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECD8A

secondary

#5A5BA2

accent

#33B431

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECD8A

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

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