#CAC8A8#CAC8A8

#CAC8A8 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.043 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC8A8
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 168)
HSL	hsl(56, 24%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(56, 17%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 16.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.01, -4.68, 16.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.01, 16.95, 106.01°)
OKLab	oklab(82.6% -0.0107 0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(82.6% 0.043 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.0788, 56.6928, 45.2375)
Luminance	0.5669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC8A8 #A8AACA

analogous

#CAB7A8 #CAC8A8 #BBCAA8

triadic

#CAC8A8 #A8CAC8 #C8A8CA

tetradic

#CAC8A8 #A8CAB7 #A8AACA #CAA8BB

square

#CAC8A8 #A8CAB7 #A8AACA #CAA8BB

split-complementary

#CAC8A8 #A8BBCA #B7A8CA

monochromatic

#9A965E #B3B082 #CAC8A8 #E1E0CE #F3F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CAC8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#CAC8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC8A8

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC8A8	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC5A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC7A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFC4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.043 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad8c2',
    500: '#cac8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac8a8;
$custom-light: #dad8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 24.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82598,
    "c": 0.04326,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC8A8

secondary

#777A9F

accent

#48A343

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC8A8

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

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