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#cec2ae color: Merino Wool

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37°
100%

OKLCH

81.9%
0.030
81°
  • ≈ Silver
  • Amber
  • Light
  • Muted
  • Pastel
  • Warm
  • taupe-300
  • Black 19%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.76:1 · Below AALc -36
Black text11.95:1 · AALc 72

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About #cec2ae

#cec2ae is a pastel light amber color. In OKLCH it has 81.9% lightness, 0.03 chroma and a hue of 81°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.76:1 contrast and black text 11.95:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Merino Wool (#cfc1ae). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is taupe-300.

More light amber colors

Lighter: #cec2ae mixed with white

  1. cec2ae
  2. d3c8b6
  3. d8cebe
  4. ddd4c6
  5. e1dace
  6. e6e0d6
  7. ebe6de
  8. f0ece6
  9. f5f3ee
  10. faf9f7

Darker: #cec2ae mixed with black

  1. cec2ae
  2. b3a897
  3. 988f80
  4. 7f776a
  5. 666055
  6. 4e4941
  7. 38342e
  8. 23201c
  9. 0f0e0b
  10. 020201

Calmer: #cec2ae with less saturation

  1. cec2ae
  2. cdc2b0
  3. ccc2b2
  4. cbc2b5
  5. cac3b7
  6. c9c3b9
  7. c8c3bb
  8. c7c3bd
  9. c6c3bf
  10. c4c3c1