#CAC8B0#CAC8B0

#CAC8B0 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.033 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC8B0
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 176)
HSL	hsl(55, 20%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(55, 13%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 12.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.18, -3.42, 12.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.18, 12.73, 105.58°)
OKLab	oklab(82.79% -0.0074 0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(82.79% 0.033 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.8471, 57.0002, 49.2840)
Luminance	0.5700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC8B0 #B0B2CA

analogous

#CABBB0 #CAC8B0 #BFCAB0

triadic

#CAC8B0 #B0CAC8 #C8B0CA

tetradic

#CAC8B0 #B0CABB #B0B2CA #CAB0BF

square

#CAC8B0 #B0CABB #B0B2CA #CAB0BF

split-complementary

#CAC8B0 #B0BFCA #BBB0CA

monochromatic

#999567 #B1AF8B #CAC8B0 #E3E2D5 #F3F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CAC8B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#CAC8B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC8B0

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC8B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC8B0	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC6AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC8B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEC5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac8b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.033 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad8c7',
    500: '#cac8b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac8b0;
$custom-light: #dad8c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac8b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 19.697,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82792,
    "c": 0.03267,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC8B0

secondary

#80829F

accent

#4E9E47

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC8B0

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

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