#cecf8e

Color #cecf8e

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa · ΔE 10.02 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-100 #fef9c2 · ΔE 10.2

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Conversions

HEX

#cecf8e

RGB

rgb(206, 207, 142)

HSL

hsl(60.9, 40.4%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60.9, 31.4%, 81.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 31.4%, 18.8%)

LAB

lab(81.68, -10.38, 32.27)

LCH

lch(81.68, 33.9, 107.83)

OKLCH

oklch(83.8%, 0.0848, 108.86)

HWB

hwb(60.9, 55.7%, 18.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8f8ecf

Analogous

#cfaf8e

#cecf8e

#adcf8e

Triadic

#cecf8e

#8ececf

#cf8ece

Split-complementary

#cecf8e

#8eadcf

#af8ecf

Tetradic

#cecf8e

#8ecf8f

#8f8ecf

#cf8ece

Square

#cecf8e

#8ecfaf

#8f8ecf

#cf8ead

Shades

Color #cecf8e mixed toward black.

#bcbe65

#a2a345

#797a34

#515223

#282911

Tints

Color #cecf8e mixed toward white.

#d6d7a1

#dedfb4

#e6e7c6

#efefd9

#f7f7ec

Tones

Color #cecf8e mixed toward gray.

#c9ca93

#c3c499

#bebf9e

#b9b9a4

#b4b4a9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.94:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cecea1 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#cecea5 · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#ceaeb1 · ΔE 30.2

Achromatopsia

#cbcbcb · ΔE 19.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cecf8e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cecf8e]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#cecf8e (#cecf8e) is rgb(206, 207, 142) in RGB.

No, #cecf8e 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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