#CAAA72#CAAA72

#CAAA72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.082 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAA72
RGB	rgb(202, 170, 114)
HSL	hsl(38, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 43.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, 4.15, 33.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 33.43, 82.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% 0.013 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.082 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.7704, 42.5229, 21.9239)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAA72 #7292CA

analogous

#CA7E72 #CAAA72 #BECA72

triadic

#CAAA72 #72CAAA #AA72CA

tetradic

#CAAA72 #72CA7E #7292CA #CA72BE

square

#CAAA72 #72CA7E #7292CA #CA72BE

split-complementary

#CAAA72 #72BECA #7E72CA

monochromatic

#8D6D35 #B98F46 #CAAA72 #DBC59E #EBE0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CAAA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#CAAA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAA72

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAA72	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AA6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B274

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A09C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaa72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 170, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.082 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc39b',
    500: '#caaa72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaa72;
$custom-light: #dcc39b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaa72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75357,
    "c": 0.0823,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAA72

secondary

#BCC7DC

accent

#60B92D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAA72

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

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