#CAAD65#CAAD65

#CAAD65 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.097 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD65
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 101)
HSL	hsl(43, 49%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(43, 50%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 50%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, 1.26, 40.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 40.67, 88.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% 0.0032 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.097 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.6512, 43.3853, 18.4897)
Luminance	0.4338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD65 #6582CA

analogous

#CA7B65 #CAAD65 #B5CA65

triadic

#CAAD65 #65CAAD #AD65CA

tetradic

#CAAD65 #65CA7B #6582CA #CA65B5

square

#CAAD65 #65CA7B #6582CA #CA65B5

split-complementary

#CAAD65 #65B5CA #7B65CA

monochromatic

#866D2E #B4923E #CAAD65 #DAC593 #E9DDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CAAD65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#CAAD65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD65

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD65	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAB5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.097 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc592',
    500: '#caad65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad65;
$custom-light: #dcc592;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.772,
    "s": 48.792,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75757,
    "c": 0.09743,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD65

secondary

#B2BDD9

accent

#77D84F

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD65

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

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