#CECD9D#CECD9D

#CECD9D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.064 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECD9D
RGB	rgb(206, 205, 157)
HSL	hsl(59, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(59, 24%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 23.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.41, -7.38, 24.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.41, 25.21, 107.02°)
OKLab	oklab(83.71% -0.0183 0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(83.71% 0.064 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.3706, 59.2195, 40.5107)
Luminance	0.5922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECD9D #9D9ECE

analogous

#CEB49D #CECD9D #B6CE9D

triadic

#CECD9D #9DCECD #CD9DCE

tetradic

#CECD9D #9DCEB4 #9D9ECE #CE9DB6

square

#CECD9D #9DCEB4 #9D9ECE #CE9DB6

split-complementary

#CECD9D #9DB6CE #B49DCE

monochromatic

#A09F50 #BAB874 #CECD9D #E2E2C6 #F5F5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CECD9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#CECD9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECD9D

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECD9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECD9D	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)

#D5C99A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CB9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecd9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 205, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.064 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddcba',
    500: '#cecd9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecd9d;
$custom-light: #dddcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecd9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.776,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83715,
    "c": 0.06373,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECD9D

secondary

#6C6DA3

accent

#3CAC39

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECD9D

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

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