#CAAD62#CAAD62

#CAAD62 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.100 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD62
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 98)
HSL	hsl(43, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(43, 51%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 51.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, 0.99, 42.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 42.14, 88.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% 0.0021 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.1 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5069, 43.3275, 17.7296)
Luminance	0.4333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD62 #627FCA

analogous

#CA7962 #CAAD62 #B3CA62

triadic

#CAAD62 #62CAAD #AD62CA

tetradic

#CAAD62 #62CA79 #627FCA #CA62B3

square

#CAAD62 #62CA79 #627FCA #CA62B3

split-complementary

#CAAD62 #62B3CA #7962CA

monochromatic

#856C2D #B3923C #CAAD62 #D9C590 #E9DDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CAAD62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#CAAD62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD62

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD62	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAB5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.100 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc590',
    500: '#caad62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad62;
$custom-light: #dcc590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.269,
    "s": 49.524,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75714,
    "c": 0.10042,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD62

secondary

#AFBBD8

accent

#75D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD62

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

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