#CECE8A#CECE8A

#CECE8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.088 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECE8A
RGB	rgb(206, 206, 138)
HSL	hsl(60, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 33%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.35, -10.36, 33.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.35, 35.45, 107.00°)
OKLab	oklab(83.56% -0.0275 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(83.56% 0.088 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.1128, 59.1003, 32.7021)
Luminance	0.5910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECE8A #8A8ACE

analogous

#CEAC8A #CECE8A #ACCE8A

triadic

#CECE8A #8ACECE #CE8ACE

tetradic

#CECE8A #8ACEAC #8A8ACE #CE8AAC

square

#CECE8A #8ACEAC #8A8ACE #CE8AAC

split-complementary

#CECE8A #8AACCE #AC8ACE

monochromatic

#9C9C41 #BCBC5F #CECE8A #E0E0B5 #F2F2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CECE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#CECE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECE8A

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECE8A	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C985

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACB8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cece8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 206, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.088 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedcad',
    500: '#cece8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cece8a;
$custom-light: #dedcad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cece8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 40.964,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83555,
    "c": 0.08829,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECE8A

secondary

#5A5AA2

accent

#31B431

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#151510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECE8A

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

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