#CAA161#CAA161

#CAA161 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.095 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA161
RGB	rgb(202, 161, 97)
HSL	hsl(37, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(37, 52%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 52%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, 7.34, 38.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 39.54, 79.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% 0.0206 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.095 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.2614, 38.9117, 16.7497)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA161 #618ACA

analogous

#CA6C61 #CAA161 #BFCA61

triadic

#CAA161 #61CAA1 #A161CA

tetradic

#CAA161 #61CA6C #618ACA #CA61BF

square

#CAA161 #61CA6C #618ACA #CA61BF

split-complementary

#CAA161 #61BFCA #6C61CA

monochromatic

#84622C #B2843C #CAA161 #D9BC8F #E9D8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#CAA161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#CAA161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA161

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA161	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A25C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAC63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 161, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.095 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbc8f',
    500: '#caa161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa161;
$custom-light: #dcbc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.571,
    "s": 49.763,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7328,
    "c": 0.09529,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA161

secondary

#AFBFD8

accent

#85D94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA161

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

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