#CECD8E#CECD8E

#CECD8E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.082 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECD8E
RGB	rgb(206, 205, 142)
HSL	hsl(59, 40%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(59, 31%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 31.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.15, -9.36, 31.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.15, 32.94, 106.51°)
OKLab	oklab(83.42% -0.0244 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(83.42% 0.082 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.1677, 58.7384, 34.1754)
Luminance	0.5874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECD8E #8E8FCE

analogous

#CEAD8E #CECD8E #AFCE8E

triadic

#CECD8E #8ECECD #CD8ECE

tetradic

#CECD8E #8ECEAD #8E8FCE #CE8EAF

square

#CECD8E #8ECEAD #8E8FCE #CE8EAF

split-complementary

#CECD8E #8EAFCE #AD8ECE

monochromatic

#9D9C44 #BBBA63 #CECD8E #E1E0B9 #F3F3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CECD8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#CECD8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECD8E

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECD8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECD8E	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C88A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CB90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C5BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecd8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 205, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.082 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedcaf',
    500: '#cecd8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecd8e;
$custom-light: #dedcaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecd8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.063,
    "s": 39.506,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83418,
    "c": 0.08229,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECD8E

secondary

#5D5EA3

accent

#35B233

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECD8E

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

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