#CAC4B2#CAC4B2

#CAC4B2 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.026 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC4B2
RGB	rgb(202, 196, 178)
HSL	hsl(45, 18%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(45, 12%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 11.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.19, -1.00, 9.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.19, 9.83, 95.83°)
OKLab	oklab(82.02% -0.0007 0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(82.02% 0.026 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.1322, 55.2513, 50.0291)
Luminance	0.5525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC4B2 #B2B8CA

analogous

#CAB8B2 #CAC4B2 #C4CAB2

triadic

#CAC4B2 #B2CAC4 #C4B2CA

tetradic

#CAC4B2 #B2CAB8 #B2B8CA #CAB2C4

square

#CAC4B2 #B2CAB8 #B2B8CA #CAB2C4

split-complementary

#CAC4B2 #B2C4CA #B8B2CA

monochromatic

#988C6A #B1A88E #CAC4B2 #E3E0D6 #F3F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CAC4B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#CAC4B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC4B2

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC4B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC4B2	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C3B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC5B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEC1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac4b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 196, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.026 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad5c9',
    500: '#cac4b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac4b2;
$custom-light: #dad5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac4b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 18.462,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82024,
    "c": 0.02551,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC4B2

secondary

#82899E

accent

#5E9D49

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC4B2

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

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