#CAA178#CAA178

#CAA178 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.074 H 66.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA178
RGB	rgb(202, 161, 120)
HSL	hsl(30, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(30, 41%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 40.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, 9.66, 27.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 28.78, 70.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% 0.0296 0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.074 66.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.4935, 39.4045, 23.2386)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA178 #78A1CA

analogous

#CA7878 #CAA178 #CACA78

triadic

#CAA178 #78CAA1 #A178CA

tetradic

#CAA178 #78CA78 #78A1CA #CA78CA

square

#CAA178 #78CA78 #78A1CA #CA78CA

split-complementary

#CAA178 #78CACA #7878CA

monochromatic

#8F6438 #B9824C #CAA178 #DBC0A4 #EDDED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#CAA178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#CAA178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA178

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA178	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA375

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AC79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 161, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.074 66.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbc9f',
    500: '#caa178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa178;
$custom-light: #dcbc9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 43.617,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73675,
    "c": 0.07365,
    "h": 66.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA178

secondary

#C0CFDE

accent

#73B72F

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA178

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

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