#CAA970#CAA970

#CAA970 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.084 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA970
RGB	rgb(202, 169, 112)
HSL	hsl(38, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 45%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 44.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, 4.48, 33.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 34.15, 82.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% 0.0137 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.084 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.4711, 42.1043, 21.2686)
Luminance	0.4210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA970 #7091CA

analogous

#CA7C70 #CAA970 #BECA70

triadic

#CAA970 #70CAA9 #A970CA

tetradic

#CAA970 #70CA7C #7091CA #CA70BE

square

#CAA970 #70CA7C #7091CA #CA70BE

split-complementary

#CAA970 #70BECA #7C70CA

monochromatic

#8C6C34 #B88E44 #CAA970 #DBC49D #EBDFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CAA970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#CAA970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA970

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA970	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A96C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB172

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 169, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.084 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc29a',
    500: '#caa970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa970;
$custom-light: #dcc29a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38,
    "s": 45.918,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75121,
    "c": 0.08387,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA970

secondary

#BAC6DC

accent

#60B92C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA970

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

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