#CAC8AE#CAC8AE

#CAC8AE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.035 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC8AE
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 174)
HSL	hsl(56, 21%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(56, 14%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 13.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.14, -3.74, 13.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.14, 13.79, 105.74°)
OKLab	oklab(82.74% -0.0083 0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(82.74% 0.035 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.6507, 56.9216, 48.2495)
Luminance	0.5692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC8AE #AEB0CA

analogous

#CABAAE #CAC8AE #BECAAE

triadic

#CAC8AE #AECAC8 #C8AECA

tetradic

#CAC8AE #AECABA #AEB0CA #CAAEBE

square

#CAC8AE #AECABA #AEB0CA #CAAEBE

split-complementary

#CAC8AE #AEBECA #BAAECA

monochromatic

#999664 #B2AF89 #CAC8AE #E2E1D3 #F3F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CAC8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#CAC8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC8AE

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC8AE	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC6AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC7AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFC4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.035 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad8c6',
    500: '#cac8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac8ae;
$custom-light: #dad8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 20.896,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82742,
    "c": 0.03533,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC8AE

secondary

#7E809F

accent

#4D9F46

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC8AE

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

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