#CAAD5E#CAAD5E

#CAAD5E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.104 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD5E
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 94)
HSL	hsl(44, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(44, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 53.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, 0.65, 44.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 44.07, 89.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% 0.0006 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.104 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.3227, 43.2539, 16.7597)
Luminance	0.4325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD5E #5E7BCA

analogous

#CA775E #CAAD5E #B1CA5E

triadic

#CAAD5E #5ECAAD #AD5ECA

tetradic

#CAAD5E #5ECA77 #5E7BCA #CA5EB1

square

#CAAD5E #5ECA77 #5E7BCA #CA5EB1

split-complementary

#CAAD5E #5EB1CA #775ECA

monochromatic

#836B2B #B1913A #CAAD5E #D9C48C #E8DCBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CAAD5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#CAAD5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD5E

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD5E	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAB57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.104 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc58d',
    500: '#caad5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad5e;
$custom-light: #dcc58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.889,
    "s": 50.467,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75658,
    "c": 0.10433,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD5E

secondary

#ACB8D7

accent

#73DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD5E

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

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