#CAA978#CAA978

#CAA978 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.076 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA978
RGB	rgb(202, 169, 120)
HSL	hsl(36, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(36, 41%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 40.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, 5.34, 29.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 30.26, 79.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% 0.0169 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.076 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.9365, 42.2905, 23.7196)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA978 #7899CA

analogous

#CA8078 #CAA978 #C2CA78

triadic

#CAA978 #78CAA9 #A978CA

tetradic

#CAA978 #78CA80 #7899CA #CA78C2

square

#CAA978 #78CA80 #7899CA #CA78C2

split-complementary

#CAA978 #78C2CA #8078CA

monochromatic

#8F6C38 #B98D4C #CAA978 #DBC5A4 #EDE1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CAA978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#CAA978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA978

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA978	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A974

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB179

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A09C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 169, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.076 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc29f',
    500: '#caa978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa978;
$custom-light: #dbc29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.854,
    "s": 43.617,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75263,
    "c": 0.0756,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA978

secondary

#C0CCDE

accent

#65B72F

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA978

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

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