#CECE8D#CECE8D

#CECE8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.085 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECE8D
RGB	rgb(206, 206, 141)
HSL	hsl(60, 40%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 32%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 31.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.39, -10.00, 32.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.39, 33.93, 107.14°)
OKLab	oklab(83.61% -0.0263 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(83.61% 0.085 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.3330, 59.1884, 33.8618)
Luminance	0.5919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECE8D #8D8DCE

analogous

#CEAD8D #CECE8D #ADCE8D

triadic

#CECE8D #8DCECE #CE8DCE

tetradic

#CECE8D #8DCEAD #8D8DCE #CE8DAD

square

#CECE8D #8DCEAD #8D8DCE #CE8DAD

split-complementary

#CECE8D #8DADCE #AD8DCE

monochromatic

#9D9D44 #BCBC62 #CECE8D #E0E0B8 #F3F3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CECE8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#CECE8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECE8D

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECE8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECE8D	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CC90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cece8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 206, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.085 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedcaf',
    500: '#cece8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cece8d;
$custom-light: #dedcaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cece8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 39.877,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83609,
    "c": 0.08471,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECE8D

secondary

#5C5CA3

accent

#33B333

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#151510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECE8D

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

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