#c9ceae

Color #c9ceae

A muted light yellow.

Closest named color Wheat #f5deb3 · ΔE 14.51 Nearest Tailwind class olive-300 #d8d8d0 · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#c9ceae

RGB

rgb(201, 206, 174)

HSL

hsl(69.4, 24.6%, 74.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(69.4, 15.5%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 15.5%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(81.63, -7.22, 15.37)

LCH

lch(81.63, 16.98, 115.16)

OKLCH

oklch(83.9%, 0.0435, 114.56)

HWB

hwb(69.4, 68.2%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b3aece

Analogous

#cec3ae

#c9ceae

#b9ceae

Triadic

#c9ceae

#aec9ce

#ceaec9

Split-complementary

#c9ceae

#aeb9ce

#c3aece

Tetradic

#c9ceae

#aeceb3

#b3aece

#ceaec9

Square

#c9ceae

#aecec3

#b3aece

#ceaeb9

Shades

Color #c9ceae mixed toward black.

#afb687

#949e5f

#6f7648

#4a4f30

#252718

Tints

Color #c9ceae mixed toward white.

#d2d6bb

#dbdec9

#e4e6d6

#edefe4

#f6f7f1

Tones

Color #c9ceae mixed toward gray.

#c7cbb1

#c5c9b3

#c3c6b6

#c2c3b9

#c0c1bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.92:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cbcbb6 · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#cbcbb8 · ΔE 5

Tritanopia

#c9bdbe · ΔE 18.8

Achromatopsia

#cbcbcb · ΔE 13.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #c9ceae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9ceae]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#c9ceae (#c9ceae) is rgb(201, 206, 174) in RGB.

No, #c9ceae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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