#CAC8BE#CAC8BE

#CAC8BE is a very light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.014 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC8BE
RGB	rgb(202, 200, 190)
HSL	hsl(50, 10%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(50, 6%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 5.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.51, -1.08, 5.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.51, 5.35, 101.68°)
OKLab	oklab(83.16% -0.0018 0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(83.16% 0.014 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.3044, 57.5831, 56.9590)
Luminance	0.5758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC8BE #BEC0CA

analogous

#CAC2BE #CAC8BE #C6CABE

triadic

#CAC8BE #BECAC8 #C8BECA

tetradic

#CAC8BE #BECAC2 #BEC0CA #CABEC6

square

#CAC8BE #BECAC2 #BEC0CA #CABEC6

split-complementary

#CAC8BE #BEC6CA #C2BECA

monochromatic

#938F7B #AFAB9C #CAC8BE #E5E5E0 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CAC8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#CAC8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC8BE

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC8BE	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCC6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 200, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.014 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad8d1',
    500: '#cac8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac8be;
$custom-light: #dad8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 10.169,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83157,
    "c": 0.01389,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC8BE

secondary

#8F919E

accent

#5C9451

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC8BE

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

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