#CECD9F#CECD9F

#CECD9F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.061 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECD9F
RGB	rgb(206, 205, 159)
HSL	hsl(59, 32%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(59, 23%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 22.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.45, -7.10, 23.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.45, 24.17, 107.08°)
OKLab	oklab(83.76% -0.0175 0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(83.76% 0.061 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.5428, 59.2884, 41.4173)
Luminance	0.5929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECD9F #9FA0CE

analogous

#CEB69F #CECD9F #B8CE9F

triadic

#CECD9F #9FCECD #CD9FCE

tetradic

#CECD9F #9FCEB6 #9FA0CE #CE9FB8

square

#CECD9F #9FCEB6 #9FA0CE #CE9FB8

split-complementary

#CECD9F #9FB8CE #B69FCE

monochromatic

#A19F52 #B9B876 #CECD9F #E3E2C8 #F5F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CECD9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#CECD9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECD9F

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECD9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECD9F	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C99C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CBA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C7C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecd9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 205, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.061 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddcbb',
    500: '#cecd9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecd9f;
$custom-light: #dddcbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecd9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.723,
    "s": 32.414,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83757,
    "c": 0.0612,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECD9F

secondary

#6E6FA3

accent

#3DAB3A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECD9F

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

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