#cacc9b

Color #cacc9b

A muted light yellow.

Closest named color Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa · ΔE 12.39 Nearest Tailwind class amber-100 #fef3c6 · ΔE 10.5

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Conversions

HEX

#cacc9b

RGB

rgb(202, 204, 155)

HSL

hsl(62.4, 32.5%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(62.4, 24%, 80%)

CMYK

cmyk(1%, 0%, 24%, 20%)

LAB

lab(80.8, -8.65, 24.27)

LCH

lch(80.8, 25.77, 109.62)

OKLCH

oklch(83.1%, 0.0652, 109.71)

HWB

hwb(62.4, 60.8%, 20%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9d9bcc

Analogous

#ccb59b

#cacc9b

#b2cc9b

Triadic

#cacc9b

#9bcacc

#cc9bca

Split-complementary

#cacc9b

#9bb2cc

#b59bcc

Tetradic

#cacc9b

#9bcc9d

#9d9bcc

#cc9bca

Square

#cacc9b

#9bccb5

#9d9bcc

#cc9bb2

Shades

Color #cacc9b mixed toward black.

#b5b873

#9b9f51

#75773d

#4e4f28

#272814

Tints

Color #cacc9b mixed toward white.

#d3d5ac

#dcddbc

#e5e6cd

#edeede

#f6f7ee

Tones

Color #cacc9b mixed toward gray.

#c6c89f

#c3c4a3

#bfc0a7

#bbbcab

#b7b8af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.62:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cbcba9 · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#cbcbac · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#cab2b4 · ΔE 26.3

Achromatopsia

#c9c9c9 · ΔE 16.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cacc9b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cacc9b]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#cacc9b (#cacc9b) is rgb(202, 204, 155) in RGB.

No, #cacc9b is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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