#CAA174#CAA174

#CAA174 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.077 H 68.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA174
RGB	rgb(202, 161, 116)
HSL	hsl(31, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(31, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 42.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, 9.22, 29.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 30.60, 72.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% 0.028 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.077 68.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.2558, 39.3094, 21.9867)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA174 #749DCA

analogous

#CA7674 #CAA174 #C8CA74

triadic

#CAA174 #74CAA1 #A174CA

tetradic

#CAA174 #74CA76 #749DCA #CA74C8

square

#CAA174 #74CA76 #749DCA #CA74C8

split-complementary

#CAA174 #74C8CA #7674CA

monochromatic

#8E6436 #B98348 #CAA174 #DBBFA0 #ECDDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#CAA174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#CAA174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA174

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA174	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)

#AFA371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AC75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79795

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 161, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.077 68.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbc9c',
    500: '#caa174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa174;
$custom-light: #dcbc9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.395,
    "s": 44.792,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73599,
    "c": 0.07736,
    "h": 68.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA174

secondary

#BDCCDD

accent

#70B82E

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA174

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

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