#CAC8AA#CAC8AA

#CAC8AA is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.041 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC8AA
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 170)
HSL	hsl(56, 23%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(56, 16%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 15.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.05, -4.37, 15.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.05, 15.90, 105.95°)
OKLab	oklab(82.65% -0.0099 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(82.65% 0.041 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.2665, 56.7679, 46.2263)
Luminance	0.5677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC8AA #AAACCA

analogous

#CAB8AA #CAC8AA #BCCAAA

triadic

#CAC8AA #AACAC8 #C8AACA

tetradic

#CAC8AA #AACAB8 #AAACCA #CAAABC

square

#CAC8AA #AACAB8 #AAACCA #CAAABC

split-complementary

#CAC8AA #AABCCA #B8AACA

monochromatic

#9A9660 #B2B084 #CAC8AA #E2E0D0 #F3F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CAC8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#CAC8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC8AA

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC8AA	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC6A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC7AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFC4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.041 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad8c3',
    500: '#cac8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac8aa;
$custom-light: #dad8c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 23.188,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82645,
    "c": 0.04063,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC8AA

secondary

#797C9F

accent

#4AA244

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC8AA

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

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