#CAAD70#CAAD70

#CAAD70 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.086 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD70
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 112)
HSL	hsl(41, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(41, 45%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 44.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, 2.34, 35.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 35.25, 86.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% 0.0075 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.086 85)
XYZ	xyz(42.2266, 43.6155, 21.5205)
Luminance	0.4361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD70 #708DCA

analogous

#CA8070 #CAAD70 #BACA70

triadic

#CAAD70 #70CAAD #AD70CA

tetradic

#CAAD70 #70CA80 #708DCA #CA70BA

square

#CAAD70 #70CA80 #708DCA #CA70BA

split-complementary

#CAAD70 #70BACA #8070CA

monochromatic

#8C6F34 #B89344 #CAAD70 #DBC79D #EBE0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CAAD70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#CAAD70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD70

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD70	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAC6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B472

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.086 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc59a',
    500: '#caad70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad70;
$custom-light: #dcc59a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.667,
    "s": 45.918,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75929,
    "c": 0.08607,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.43614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD70

secondary

#BAC5DC

accent

#5AB92C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F2

border

#D4D1CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD70

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

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