#CAAD69#CAAD69

#CAAD69 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.093 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD69
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 105)
HSL	hsl(42, 48%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 48%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 48%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, 1.64, 38.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 38.71, 87.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% 0.0047 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.093 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.8519, 43.4656, 19.5471)
Luminance	0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD69 #6986CA

analogous

#CA7D69 #CAAD69 #B6CA69

triadic

#CAAD69 #69CAAD #AD69CA

tetradic

#CAAD69 #69CA7D #6986CA #CA69B6

square

#CAAD69 #69CA7D #6986CA #CA69B6

split-complementary

#CAAD69 #69B6CA #7D69CA

monochromatic

#886E30 #B69340 #CAAD69 #DAC696 #EADEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CAAD69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#CAAD69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD69

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD69	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)

#BCAC64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B36B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.093 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc595',
    500: '#caad69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad69;
$custom-light: #dcc595;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.062,
    "s": 47.783,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75817,
    "c": 0.09336,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD69

secondary

#B5C0DA

accent

#56BB2A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F2

border

#D4D1CC

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD69

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

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