#CECDB9#CECDB9

#CECDB9 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.027 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECDB9
RGB	rgb(206, 205, 185)
HSL	hsl(57, 18%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(57, 10%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 10.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.99, -3.12, 10.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.99, 10.56, 107.19°)
OKLab	oklab(84.37% -0.0069 0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(84.37% 0.027 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.0409, 60.2876, 54.5739)
Luminance	0.6029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECDB9 #B9BACE

analogous

#CEC3B9 #CECDB9 #C5CEB9

triadic

#CECDB9 #B9CECD #CDB9CE

tetradic

#CECDB9 #B9CEC3 #B9BACE #CEB9C5

square

#CECDB9 #B9CEC3 #B9BACE #CEB9C5

split-complementary

#CECDB9 #B9C5CE #C3B9CE

monochromatic

#9C9A71 #B5B395 #CECDB9 #E7E7DD #F2F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#CECDB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.06

#CECDB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECDB9

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECDB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECDB9	1.00	1.61	13.06	13.06
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1CBB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2CCBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2CAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecdb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 205, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.027 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddcce',
    500: '#cecdb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecdb9;
$custom-light: #dddcce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecdb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84366,
    "c": 0.02715,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECDB9

secondary

#898AA3

accent

#4D9C4A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFA

border

#D5D5D3

text

#151513

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECDB9

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

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