#CECD9B#CECD9B

#CECD9B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.066 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECD9B
RGB	rgb(206, 205, 155)
HSL	hsl(59, 34%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(59, 25%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 24.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.38, -7.66, 25.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.38, 26.25, 106.96°)
OKLab	oklab(83.67% -0.0191 0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(83.67% 0.066 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.2013, 59.1518, 39.6188)
Luminance	0.5915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECD9B #9B9CCE

analogous

#CEB39B #CECD9B #B5CE9B

triadic

#CECD9B #9BCECD #CD9BCE

tetradic

#CECD9B #9BCEB3 #9B9CCE #CE9BB5

square

#CECD9B #9BCEB3 #9B9CCE #CE9BB5

split-complementary

#CECD9B #9BB5CE #B39BCE

monochromatic

#A09F4E #BAB872 #CECD9B #E2E2C4 #F5F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CECD9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#CECD9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECD9B

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECD9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECD9B	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C998

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CB9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecd9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 205, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.066 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddcb8',
    500: '#cecd9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecd9b;
$custom-light: #dddcb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecd9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.824,
    "s": 34.228,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83673,
    "c": 0.06625,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECD9B

secondary

#6A6BA3

accent

#3BAD38

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECD9B

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

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