#CAC8BA#CAC8BA

#CAC8BA is a very light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.019 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC8BA
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 186)
HSL	hsl(53, 13%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(53, 8%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 7.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.41, -1.77, 7.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.41, 7.46, 103.72°)
OKLab	oklab(83.05% -0.0034 0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(83.05% 0.019 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.8732, 57.4106, 54.6881)
Luminance	0.5741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC8BA #BABCCA

analogous

#CAC0BA #CAC8BA #C4CABA

triadic

#CAC8BA #BACAC8 #C8BACA

tetradic

#CAC8BA #BACAC0 #BABCCA #CABAC4

square

#CAC8BA #BACAC0 #BABCCA #CABAC4

split-complementary

#CAC8BA #BAC4CA #C0BACA

monochromatic

#959175 #AFAC97 #CAC8BA #E5E4DD #F2F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CAC8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#CAC8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC8BA

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC8BA	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC7B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC8BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDC6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.019 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad8ce',
    500: '#cac8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac8ba;
$custom-light: #dad8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 13.115,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83049,
    "c": 0.01927,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC8BA

secondary

#8A8D9E

accent

#57974E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC8BA

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

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