#CECD9C#CECD9C

#CECD9C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.065 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECD9C
RGB	rgb(206, 205, 156)
HSL	hsl(59, 34%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(59, 24%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 24.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.39, -7.52, 24.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.39, 25.73, 106.99°)
OKLab	oklab(83.69% -0.0187 0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(83.69% 0.065 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.2856, 59.1855, 40.0629)
Luminance	0.5918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECD9C #9C9DCE

analogous

#CEB49C #CECD9C #B6CE9C

triadic

#CECD9C #9CCECD #CD9CCE

tetradic

#CECD9C #9CCEB4 #9C9DCE #CE9CB6

square

#CECD9C #9CCEB4 #9C9DCE #CE9CB6

split-complementary

#CECD9C #9CB6CE #B49CCE

monochromatic

#A09F4F #BAB873 #CECD9C #E2E2C5 #F5F5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CECD9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#CECD9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECD9C

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECD9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECD9C	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CB9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecd9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 205, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.065 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddcb9',
    500: '#cecd9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecd9c;
$custom-light: #dddcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecd9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.8,
    "s": 33.784,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83694,
    "c": 0.065,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECD9C

secondary

#6B6CA3

accent

#3BAD39

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECD9C

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

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