#CACAA9#CACAA9

#CACAA9 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.045 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACAA9
RGB	rgb(202, 202, 169)
HSL	hsl(60, 24%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(60, 16%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 16.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.55, -5.56, 16.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.55, 17.43, 108.61°)
OKLab	oklab(83.04% -0.0133 0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(83.04% 0.045 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.6385, 57.6627, 45.8854)
Luminance	0.5766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACAA9 #A9A9CA

analogous

#CAB9A9 #CACAA9 #B9CAA9

triadic

#CACAA9 #A9CACA #CAA9CA

tetradic

#CACAA9 #A9CAB9 #A9A9CA #CAA9B9

square

#CACAA9 #A9CAB9 #A9A9CA #CAA9B9

split-complementary

#CACAA9 #A9B9CA #B9A9CA

monochromatic

#9A9A5F #B3B383 #CACAA9 #E1E1CF #F3F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CACAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#CACAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACAA9

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACAA9	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C7A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C9AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFC6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacaa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 202, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.045 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadac2',
    500: '#cacaa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacaa9;
$custom-light: #dadac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacaa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 23.741,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83035,
    "c": 0.04451,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACAA9

secondary

#78789F

accent

#43A243

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACAA9

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

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