#CAA579#CAA579

#CAA579 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.073 H 71.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA579
RGB	rgb(202, 165, 121)
HSL	hsl(33, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(33, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 40.1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, 7.61, 27.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 28.94, 74.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% 0.0237 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.073 71.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.2647, 40.8493, 23.7966)
Luminance	0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA579 #799ECA

analogous

#CA7C79 #CAA579 #C6CA79

triadic

#CAA579 #79CAA5 #A579CA

tetradic

#CAA579 #79CA7C #799ECA #CA79C6

square

#CAA579 #79CA7C #799ECA #CA79C6

split-complementary

#CAA579 #79C6CA #7C79CA

monochromatic

#906839 #B9884D #CAA579 #DBC2A5 #EDE0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#CAA579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#CAA579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA579

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA579	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A676

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAF7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79C9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 165, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.073 71.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbfa0',
    500: '#caa579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa579;
$custom-light: #dbbfa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.593,
    "s": 43.316,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74484,
    "c": 0.07331,
    "h": 71.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA579

secondary

#C1CEDE

accent

#6DB62F

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA579

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

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