#CECE8B#CECE8B

#CECE8B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.087 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECE8B
RGB	rgb(206, 206, 139)
HSL	hsl(60, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 32.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.36, -10.24, 33.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.36, 34.94, 107.04°)
OKLab	oklab(83.57% -0.0271 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(83.57% 0.087 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.1855, 59.1294, 33.0851)
Luminance	0.5913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECE8B #8B8BCE

analogous

#CEAC8B #CECE8B #ACCE8B

triadic

#CECE8B #8BCECE #CE8BCE

tetradic

#CECE8B #8BCEAC #8B8BCE #CE8BAC

square

#CECE8B #8BCEAC #8B8BCE #CE8BAC

split-complementary

#CECE8B #8BACCE #AC8BCE

monochromatic

#9C9C42 #BCBC60 #CECE8B #E0E0B6 #F2F2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CECE8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#CECE8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECE8B

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECE8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECE8B	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C986

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACB8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cece8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 206, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.087 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedcad',
    500: '#cece8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cece8b;
$custom-light: #dedcad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cece8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 40.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83573,
    "c": 0.0871,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECE8B

secondary

#5B5BA3

accent

#32B432

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#151510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECE8B

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

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