#CECD8D#CECD8D

#CECD8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.084 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECD8D
RGB	rgb(206, 205, 141)
HSL	hsl(59, 40%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(59, 32%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 31.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.13, -9.49, 32.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.13, 33.45, 106.48°)
OKLab	oklab(83.4% -0.0249 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(83.4% 0.084 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.0930, 58.7085, 33.7818)
Luminance	0.5871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECD8D #8D8ECE

analogous

#CEAC8D #CECD8D #AECE8D

triadic

#CECD8D #8DCECD #CD8DCE

tetradic

#CECD8D #8DCEAC #8D8ECE #CE8DAE

square

#CECD8D #8DCEAC #8D8ECE #CE8DAE

split-complementary

#CECD8D #8DAECE #AC8DCE

monochromatic

#9D9C44 #BCBA62 #CECD8D #E0E0B8 #F3F3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CECD8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#CECD8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECD8D

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECD8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECD8D	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C889

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CB90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C5BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecd8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 205, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.084 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedcaf',
    500: '#cecd8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecd8d;
$custom-light: #dedcaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecd8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.077,
    "s": 39.877,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.834,
    "c": 0.0835,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECD8D

secondary

#5C5DA3

accent

#35B333

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECD8D

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

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