#CAAD66#CAAD66

#CAAD66 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.096 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD66
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 102)
HSL	hsl(43, 49%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(43, 50%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 49.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, 1.36, 40.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 40.18, 88.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% 0.0036 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.096 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.7005, 43.4050, 18.7493)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD66 #6683CA

analogous

#CA7B66 #CAAD66 #B5CA66

triadic

#CAAD66 #66CAAD #AD66CA

tetradic

#CAAD66 #66CA7B #6683CA #CA66B5

square

#CAAD66 #66CA7B #6683CA #CA66B5

split-complementary

#CAAD66 #66B5CA #7B66CA

monochromatic

#876D2F #B4923E #CAAD66 #DAC593 #E9DEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CAAD66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#CAAD66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD66

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD66	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)

#BCAB60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.096 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc593',
    500: '#caad66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad66;
$custom-light: #dcc593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.6,
    "s": 48.544,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75772,
    "c": 0.09642,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD66

secondary

#B2BED9

accent

#77D850

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD66

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

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