#CAAD72#CAAD72

#CAAD72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.084 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD72
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 114)
HSL	hsl(40, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(40, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 43.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, 2.55, 34.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 34.26, 85.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% 0.0083 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.084 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3392, 43.6605, 22.1135)
Luminance	0.4366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD72 #728FCA

analogous

#CA8172 #CAAD72 #BBCA72

triadic

#CAAD72 #72CAAD #AD72CA

tetradic

#CAAD72 #72CA81 #728FCA #CA72BB

square

#CAAD72 #72CA81 #728FCA #CA72BB

split-complementary

#CAAD72 #72BBCA #8172CA

monochromatic

#8D7035 #B99346 #CAAD72 #DBC79E #EBE1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CAAD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#CAAD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD72

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD72	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAC6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B474

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.084 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc59b',
    500: '#caad72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad72;
$custom-light: #dcc59b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.227,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75963,
    "c": 0.08396,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD72

secondary

#BCC6DC

accent

#5BB92D

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F2

border

#D4D1CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD72

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

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