#CAC8B8#CAC8B8

#CAC8B8 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.022 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC8B8
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 184)
HSL	hsl(53, 15%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(53, 9%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 8.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.36, -2.11, 8.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.36, 8.51, 104.32°)
OKLab	oklab(83% -0.0042 0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(83% 0.022 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.6621, 57.3261, 53.5762)
Luminance	0.5733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC8B8 #B8BACA

analogous

#CABFB8 #CAC8B8 #C3CAB8

triadic

#CAC8B8 #B8CAC8 #C8B8CA

tetradic

#CAC8B8 #B8CABF #B8BACA #CAB8C3

square

#CAC8B8 #B8CABF #B8BACA #CAB8C3

split-complementary

#CAC8B8 #B8C3CA #BFB8CA

monochromatic

#969272 #B0AD95 #CAC8B8 #E4E3DB #F2F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CAC8B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#CAC8B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC8B8

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC8B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC8B8	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC7B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC8B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDC6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac8b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.022 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad8cd',
    500: '#cac8b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac8b8;
$custom-light: #dad8cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac8b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 14.516,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82996,
    "c": 0.02196,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC8B8

secondary

#888B9E

accent

#55994D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC8B8

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

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