#CAA173#CAA173

#CAA173 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.078 H 69.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA173
RGB	rgb(202, 161, 115)
HSL	hsl(32, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(32, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 43.1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, 9.11, 29.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 31.06, 72.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% 0.0276 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.078 69.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.1979, 39.2863, 21.6820)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA173 #739CCA

analogous

#CA7673 #CAA173 #C8CA73

triadic

#CAA173 #73CAA1 #A173CA

tetradic

#CAA173 #73CA76 #739CCA #CA73C8

square

#CAA173 #73CA76 #739CCA #CA73C8

split-complementary

#CAA173 #73C8CA #7673CA

monochromatic

#8D6435 #B98347 #CAA173 #DBBF9F #ECDDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#CAA173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#CAA173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA173

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA173	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA370

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AC74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89795

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 161, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.078 69.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbc9b',
    500: '#caa173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa173;
$custom-light: #dcbc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.724,
    "s": 45.078,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73581,
    "c": 0.0783,
    "h": 69.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA173

secondary

#BCCBDC

accent

#6FB82D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA173

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

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