#CAC8AC#CAC8AC

#CAC8AC is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.038 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC8AC
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 172)
HSL	hsl(56, 22%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(56, 15%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 14.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.09, -4.06, 14.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.09, 14.84, 105.86°)
OKLab	oklab(82.69% -0.0091 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(82.69% 0.038 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.4572, 56.8442, 47.2303)
Luminance	0.5684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC8AC #ACAECA

analogous

#CAB9AC #CAC8AC #BDCAAC

triadic

#CAC8AC #ACCAC8 #C8ACCA

tetradic

#CAC8AC #ACCAB9 #ACAECA #CAACBD

square

#CAC8AC #ACCAB9 #ACAECA #CAACBD

split-complementary

#CAC8AC #ACBDCA #B9ACCA

monochromatic

#9A9662 #B2AF87 #CAC8AC #E2E1D1 #F3F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CAC8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#CAC8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC8AC

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC8AC	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC6AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC7AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFC4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.038 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad8c4',
    500: '#cac8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac8ac;
$custom-light: #dad8c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 22.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82694,
    "c": 0.03798,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC8AC

secondary

#7C7E9F

accent

#4BA045

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC8AC

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

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