#CECD8B#CECD8B

#CECD8B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.086 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECD8B
RGB	rgb(206, 205, 139)
HSL	hsl(59, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(59, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 32.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.10, -9.73, 33.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.10, 34.46, 106.40°)
OKLab	oklab(83.36% -0.0257 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(83.36% 0.086 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.9455, 58.6495, 33.0051)
Luminance	0.5865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECD8B #8B8CCE

analogous

#CEAB8B #CECD8B #AECE8B

triadic

#CECD8B #8BCECD #CD8BCE

tetradic

#CECD8B #8BCEAB #8B8CCE #CE8BAE

square

#CECD8B #8BCEAB #8B8CCE #CE8BAE

split-complementary

#CECD8B #8BAECE #AB8BCE

monochromatic

#9C9B42 #BCBA60 #CECD8B #E0E0B6 #F2F2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CECD8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#CECD8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECD8B

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECD8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECD8B	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CB8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecd8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 205, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.086 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedcad',
    500: '#cecd8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecd8b;
$custom-light: #dedcad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecd8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.104,
    "s": 40.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83363,
    "c": 0.08589,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECD8B

secondary

#5B5CA3

accent

#34B432

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECD8B

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

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