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#CECAAC — Light Dusty Yellow

#CECAAC is a yellow color we call Light Dusty Yellow, closest to the named color Silver (#C0C0C0). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: silver (#C0C0C0) — not an exact match. CSS silver gives you #C0C0C0, a different color; use #CECAAC when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#CECAAC is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #ABAFCE; it also sits naturally between #CEB9AB and #C1CEAB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CECAAC · RGB 206, 202, 172

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Color values

HEX#CECAAC
RGB206, 202, 172
HSL53°, 26%, 74%
HSV53°, 17%, 81%
CMYK0%, 2%, 17%, 19%
XYZ54.02, 58.34, 47.44
Yxy58.34, 0.3380, 0.3651
CIE-Lab80.93, -3.63, 15.49
Hunter Lab76.38, -3.40, 12.96

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 81% · Green 79% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 17% · Key 19%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #CECAAC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CECAAC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CECAAC

.text { color: #CECAAC; }
.background { background-color: #CECAAC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CECAAC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(206, 202, 172); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(53, 26%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CECAAC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(206, 202, 172, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CECAAC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(206, 202, 172, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CECAAC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CECAAC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CECAAC

#C1BC95#B4AD7E#A69F68#948D57#7D774A#67623C#504C2F#3A3722#232215#0D0C08

Tints of #CECAAC

#D2CEB2#D5D2B8#DBD8C2#DFDCC8#E3E0CF#E6E4D5#EAE9DC#F0EFE5#F4F3EC#F7F7F2

Tones of #CECAAC

#CBC8AE#C9C6B0#C7C4B3#C4C2B5#C1C0B8#BFBFBA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ABAFCE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.66:1 Fails
Against black text12.67:1 AAA

Best text color on #CECAAC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CECAAC

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #CECAAC: ·

How #CECAAC looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #CCCCB3Deuteranopia · #CDCDB5Tritanopia · #CEB9BA

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9EBootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CECAAC rather than the exact color:

Palette F1efef
#F1EFEF · #CCC8AA · #7D7C7C · #191717
Palette 7f2020
#7F2020 · #869B7E · #C9CAAC · #F6F3EB
Ruby Mirage
#EBE2CC · #DED6C1 · #CFC6B1 · #B7B09E
Palette 442727
#442727 · #EAE7D9 · #D2C6B2 · #937D14
Palette C2ded1
#C2DED1 · #ECE5C7 · #CDC2AE · #354259
Palette C2dedc
#C2DEDC · #ECE5C7 · #CDC2AE · #116A7B

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#CCC8AA#C9CAAC#CFC6B1#D2C6B2#CDC2AE#D6C7AE#CDC2A5#D2C4B4#D8C9A8#D8C9A7#CCD5AE#D6CDA4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CECAAB  ·  #CECAAD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CECAAC?

#CECAAC is Light Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 206, 202, 172). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CECAAC?

#CECAAC is RGB 206, 202, 172 — HSL 53°, 26%, 74% — CMYK 0%, 2%, 17%, 19%.

What colors go with #CECAAC?

Its complement is #ABAFCE; analogous partners are #CEB9AB and #C1CEAB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CECAAC for text?

Black text on #CECAAC has a contrast ratio of 12.67:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.66:1.