#CAAD68#CAAD68

#CAAD68 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.094 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD68
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 104)
HSL	hsl(42, 48%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 49%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 48.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, 1.55, 39.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 39.20, 87.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% 0.0044 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.094 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8008, 43.4451, 19.2780)
Luminance	0.4344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD68 #6885CA

analogous

#CA7C68 #CAAD68 #B6CA68

triadic

#CAAD68 #68CAAD #AD68CA

tetradic

#CAAD68 #68CA7C #6885CA #CA68B6

square

#CAAD68 #68CA7C #6885CA #CA68B6

split-complementary

#CAAD68 #68B6CA #7C68CA

monochromatic

#886E30 #B59240 #CAAD68 #DAC695 #EADEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CAAD68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#CAAD68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD68

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD68	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAC62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B36A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.094 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc594',
    500: '#caad68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad68;
$custom-light: #dcc594;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.245,
    "s": 48.039,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75802,
    "c": 0.09439,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD68

secondary

#B4BFDA

accent

#78D850

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD68

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

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