#cec8ae

Color #cec8ae

A muted light yellow.

Closest named color Tan #d2b48c · ΔE 14.03 Nearest Tailwind class olive-300 #d8d8d0 · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#cec8ae

RGB

rgb(206, 200, 174)

HSL

hsl(48.7, 24.6%, 74.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(48.7, 15.5%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 15.5%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(80.45, -2.28, 13.77)

LCH

lch(80.45, 13.96, 99.4)

OKLCH

oklch(83.1%, 0.0358, 96.41)

HWB

hwb(48.7, 68.2%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aeb4ce

Analogous

#ceb8ae

#cec8ae

#c4ceae

Triadic

#cec8ae

#aecec8

#c8aece

Split-complementary

#cec8ae

#aec4ce

#b8aece

Tetradic

#cec8ae

#b4ceae

#aeb4ce

#c8aece

Square

#cec8ae

#aeceb8

#aeb4ce

#ceaec4

Shades

Color #cec8ae mixed toward black.

#b6ad87

#9e925f

#766e48

#4f4930

#272518

Tints

Color #cec8ae mixed toward white.

#d6d1bb

#dedac9

#e6e3d6

#efede4

#f7f6f1

Tones

Color #cec8ae mixed toward gray.

#cbc6b1

#c9c5b3

#c6c3b6

#c3c1b9

#c1c0bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cbcbb5 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#ccccb6 · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#cebabb · ΔE 16.4

Achromatopsia

#c8c8c8 · ΔE 10.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cec8ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cec8ae]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Frequently asked questions

#cec8ae (#cec8ae) is rgb(206, 200, 174) in RGB.

No, #cec8ae is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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