#CAA162#CAA162

#CAA162 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.094 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA162
RGB	rgb(202, 161, 98)
HSL	hsl(36, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 51%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 51.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, 7.43, 38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 39.06, 79.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% 0.0209 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.094 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3083, 38.9304, 16.9968)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA162 #628BCA

analogous

#CA6D62 #CAA162 #BFCA62

triadic

#CAA162 #62CAA1 #A162CA

tetradic

#CAA162 #62CA6D #628BCA #CA62BF

square

#CAA162 #62CA6D #628BCA #CA62BF

split-complementary

#CAA162 #62BFCA #6D62CA

monochromatic

#85622D #B3843C #CAA162 #D9BC90 #E9D8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#CAA162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#CAA162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA162

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA162	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A25D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAC64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 161, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.094 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbc90',
    500: '#caa162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa162;
$custom-light: #dcbc90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.346,
    "s": 49.524,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73295,
    "c": 0.09436,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA162

secondary

#AFC0D8

accent

#85D94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA162

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

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