#CAA565#CAA565

#CAA565 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.093 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA565
RGB	rgb(202, 165, 101)
HSL	hsl(38, 49%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(38, 50%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 50%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, 5.55, 38.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 38.51, 81.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% 0.0157 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.093 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.1628, 40.4086, 17.9936)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA565 #658ACA

analogous

#CA7365 #CAA565 #BCCA65

triadic

#CAA565 #65CAA5 #A565CA

tetradic

#CAA565 #65CA73 #658ACA #CA65BC

square

#CAA565 #65CA73 #658ACA #CA65BC

split-complementary

#CAA565 #65BCCA #7365CA

monochromatic

#86662E #B4893E #CAA565 #DAC093 #E9DAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#CAA565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#CAA565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA565

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA565	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A560

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAE67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 165, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.093 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbf92',
    500: '#caa565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa565;
$custom-light: #dcbf92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.02,
    "s": 48.792,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7414,
    "c": 0.09304,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA565

secondary

#B2C0D9

accent

#82D84F

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F1

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA565

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

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