#CAA172#CAA172

#CAA172 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.079 H 69.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA172
RGB	rgb(202, 161, 114)
HSL	hsl(32, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(32, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 43.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, 9.01, 30.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 31.52, 73.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% 0.0272 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.079 69.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.1407, 39.2634, 21.3806)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA172 #729BCA

analogous

#CA7572 #CAA172 #C7CA72

triadic

#CAA172 #72CAA1 #A172CA

tetradic

#CAA172 #72CA75 #729BCA #CA72C7

square

#CAA172 #72CA75 #729BCA #CA72C7

split-complementary

#CAA172 #72C7CA #7572CA

monochromatic

#8D6435 #B98346 #CAA172 #DBBF9E #EBDCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#CAA172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#CAA172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA172

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA172	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA36F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AC73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89795

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 161, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.079 69.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbc9b',
    500: '#caa172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa172;
$custom-light: #dcbc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.045,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73562,
    "c": 0.07924,
    "h": 69.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA172

secondary

#BCCBDC

accent

#6EB92D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA172

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

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