HEX atlas value

#CECEC0

#CECEC0 is a warm yellow HEX color nearest Limestone. RGB 206, 206, 192, HSL 60° 13% 78%, luminance 0.6107; view contrast and conversions.

yellow warm muted

#CECEC0 Sample readable text

HEX #CECEC0

RGB rgb(206, 206, 192)

HSL hsl(60 13% 78%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 0, 7, 19)

Luminance 0.6107

Contrast Black 13.21:1White 1.59:1

CSS

--color-cecec0: #CECEC0;
.background-cecec0 { background-color: #CECEC0; }
.text-cecec0 { color: #CECEC0; }

HEX meaning and use

About #CECEC0

#CECEC0 is classified as a warm yellow value with muted visual character. #CECEC0 is visually closest to Limestone, a named orange color with HEX #D8D2C4.

The RGB channels are 206, 206, and 192, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 60deg with 13% saturation and 78% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and muted interface themes. Its luminance is 0.6107, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 11.49, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text13.21:1AA Pass

White text1.59:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #CECEC0 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000013.21:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.59:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#F6F6F3#F6F6F3 · #000000 text · best 19.4:1 #DBDBB3#DBDBB3 · #000000 text · best 14.8:1 Light Grey#D3D3D3 · #000000 text · best 14.03:1 Limestone#D8D2C4 · #000000 text · best 13.94:1 Oat#D8CAB8 · #000000 text · best 13.06:1

Generated Palette

#CECEC0#CECEC0

#C0C0CE#C0C0CE

#CEC7C0#CEC7C0

#C7CEC0#C7CEC0

#F6F6F3#F6F6F3

#A6A68C#A6A68C

Color Harmonies

#C0C0CE#C0C0CE

#CEC7C0#CEC7C0

#C7CEC0#C7CEC0

#C0CECE#C0CECE

#CEC0CE#CEC0CE

Variants

#F6F6F3#F6F6F3

#A6A68C#A6A68C

#DBDBB3#DBDBB3

#C7C7C7#C7C7C7

White#FFFFFF

#FFFFB8#FFFFB8

Nearest Named Colors

Limestone#D8D2C4

Oat#D8CAB8

Silver#C0C0C0

Mica#D8C7B0

Light Gray#D3D3D3

Luminance0.6107

Black text13.21:1AA Pass

White text1.59:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#CECEC0","rgb":[206,206,192],"hsl":[60,13,78],"cmyk":[0,0,7,19],"luminance":0.6107,"contrast":{"black":13.21,"white":1.59}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":13.21,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.59,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#F6F6F3","hex":"#F6F6F3","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.4,"contrastWhite":1.08,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#DBDBB3","hex":"#DBDBB3","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.8,"contrastWhite":1.42,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Light Grey","hex":"#D3D3D3","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.03,"contrastWhite":1.5,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Limestone","hex":"#D8D2C4","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.94,"contrastWhite":1.51,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Oat","hex":"#D8CAB8","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.06,"contrastWhite":1.61,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","muted","muted yellow","Limestone adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","muted interface themes","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/cecec0.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/limestone.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/oat.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/silver.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#C0C0CE","analogous":["#CEC7C0","#C7CEC0"],"triadic":["#C0CECE","#CEC0CE"],"tetradic":["#C0CEC7","#C0C0CE","#CEC0C7"],"splitComplementary":["#C0C7CE","#C7C0CE"],"monochromatic":["#F6F6F3","#CECEC0","#A6A68C"]}

Variants

{"light":"#F6F6F3","dark":"#A6A68C","saturated":"#DBDBB3","desaturated":"#C7C7C7","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFFFB8"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"limestone","name":"Limestone","hex":"#D8D2C4","distance":11.489125293076057},{"slug":"oat","name":"Oat","hex":"#D8CAB8","distance":13.416407864998739},{"slug":"silver","name":"Silver","hex":"#C0C0C0","distance":19.79898987322333},{"slug":"mica","name":"Mica","hex":"#D8C7B0","distance":20.12461179749811},{"slug":"light-gray","name":"Light Gray","hex":"#D3D3D3","distance":20.273134932713294}]

#CECEC0

CSS

About #CECEC0

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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