#CAA97C#CAA97C

#CAA97C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.071 H 75.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA97C
RGB	rgb(202, 169, 124)
HSL	hsl(35, 42%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(35, 39%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 38.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, 5.80, 27.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 28.33, 78.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% 0.0186 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.071 75)
XYZ	xyz(42.1843, 42.3896, 25.0249)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA97C #7C9DCA

analogous

#CA827C #CAA97C #C4CA7C

triadic

#CAA97C #7CCAA9 #A97CCA

tetradic

#CAA97C #7CCA82 #7C9DCA #CA7CC4

square

#CAA97C #7CCA82 #7C9DCA #CA7CC4

split-complementary

#CAA97C #7CC4CA #827CCA

monochromatic

#916C3B #B88C50 #CAA97C #DCC6A8 #EDE2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CAA97C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#CAA97C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA97C

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA97C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA97C	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AA79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB17D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A09D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa97c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 169, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.071 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc2a2',
    500: '#caa97c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa97c;
$custom-light: #dbc2a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa97c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.615,
    "s": 42.391,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75339,
    "c": 0.07146,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.42388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA97C

secondary

#C3CFDF

accent

#68B530

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF7F3

border

#D4D0CD

text

#15120F

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA97C

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

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