#CECD9E#CECD9E

#CECD9E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.062 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECD9E
RGB	rgb(206, 205, 158)
HSL	hsl(59, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(59, 23%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 23.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.43, -7.24, 23.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.43, 24.69, 107.05°)
OKLab	oklab(83.74% -0.0179 0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(83.74% 0.062 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.4564, 59.2538, 40.9622)
Luminance	0.5925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECD9E #9E9FCE

analogous

#CEB59E #CECD9E #B7CE9E

triadic

#CECD9E #9ECECD #CD9ECE

tetradic

#CECD9E #9ECEB5 #9E9FCE #CE9EB7

square

#CECD9E #9ECEB5 #9E9FCE #CE9EB7

split-complementary

#CECD9E #9EB7CE #B59ECE

monochromatic

#A19F51 #B9B875 #CECD9E #E3E2C7 #F5F5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CECD9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#CECD9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECD9E

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECD9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECD9E	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C99B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CBA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecd9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 205, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.062 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddcbb',
    500: '#cecd9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecd9e;
$custom-light: #dddcbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecd9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.75,
    "s": 32.877,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83736,
    "c": 0.06246,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECD9E

secondary

#6D6EA3

accent

#3CAC3A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECD9E

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

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