#CAA279#CAA279

#CAA279 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.073 H 67.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA279
RGB	rgb(202, 162, 121)
HSL	hsl(30, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(30, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 40.1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, 9.23, 26.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 28.46, 71.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% 0.0285 0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.073 67)
XYZ	xyz(40.7299, 39.7798, 23.6184)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA279 #79A1CA

analogous

#CA7979 #CAA279 #CACA79

triadic

#CAA279 #79CAA2 #A279CA

tetradic

#CAA279 #79CA79 #79A1CA #CA79CA

square

#CAA279 #79CA79 #79A1CA #CA79CA

split-complementary

#CAA279 #79CACA #7979CA

monochromatic

#906539 #B9844D #CAA279 #DBC0A5 #EDDFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#CAA279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#CAA279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA279

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA279	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA476

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AD7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 162, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.073 67.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbda0',
    500: '#caa279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa279;
$custom-light: #dcbda0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.37,
    "s": 43.316,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73891,
    "c": 0.07281,
    "h": 67
  },
  "luminance": 0.39778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA279

secondary

#C1CFDE

accent

#72B62F

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA279

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

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