#CAC6AE#CAC6AE

#CAC6AE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.033 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC6AE
RGB	rgb(202, 198, 174)
HSL	hsl(51, 21%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 14%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 13.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.61, -2.69, 12.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.61, 12.82, 102.13°)
OKLab	oklab(82.33% -0.0053 0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(82.33% 0.033 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.1905, 56.0013, 48.0961)
Luminance	0.5600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC6AE #AEB2CA

analogous

#CAB8AE #CAC6AE #C0CAAE

triadic

#CAC6AE #AECAC6 #C6AECA

tetradic

#CAC6AE #AECAB8 #AEB2CA #CAAEC0

square

#CAC6AE #AECAB8 #AEB2CA #CAAEC0

split-complementary

#CAC6AE #AEC0CA #B8AECA

monochromatic

#999264 #B2AC89 #CAC6AE #E2E0D3 #F3F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CAC6AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#CAC6AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC6AE

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC6AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC6AE	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC4AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC6AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFC2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 198, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.033 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad7c6',
    500: '#cac6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac6ae;
$custom-light: #dad7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 20.896,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82332,
    "c": 0.03292,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC6AE

secondary

#7E829F

accent

#539F46

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC6AE

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

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