#CAC2AE#CAC2AE

#CAC2AE is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.029 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC2AE
RGB	rgb(202, 194, 174)
HSL	hsl(43, 21%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(43, 14%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 13.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.58, -0.59, 11.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.58, 11.08, 93.06°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% 0.0006 0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.029 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.2883, 54.1968, 47.7954)
Luminance	0.5420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC2AE #AEB6CA

analogous

#CAB4AE #CAC2AE #C4CAAE

triadic

#CAC2AE #AECAC2 #C2AECA

tetradic

#CAC2AE #AECAB4 #AEB6CA #CAAEC4

square

#CAC2AE #AECAB4 #AEB6CA #CAAEC4

split-complementary

#CAC2AE #AEC4CA #B4AECA

monochromatic

#998A64 #B2A689 #CAC2AE #E2DED3 #F3F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CAC2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#CAC2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC2AE

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC2AE	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C1AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFBFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 194, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.029 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad4c6',
    500: '#cac2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac2ae;
$custom-light: #dad4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 20.896,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81514,
    "c": 0.02878,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC2AE

secondary

#7E879F

accent

#609F46

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC2AE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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