#CAAD73#CAAD73

#CAAD73 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.083 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD73
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 115)
HSL	hsl(40, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(40, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 43.1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, 2.65, 33.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 33.76, 85.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% 0.0086 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.083 84)
XYZ	xyz(42.3965, 43.6834, 22.4149)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD73 #7390CA

analogous

#CA8273 #CAAD73 #BCCA73

triadic

#CAAD73 #73CAAD #AD73CA

tetradic

#CAAD73 #73CA82 #7390CA #CA73BC

square

#CAAD73 #73CA82 #7390CA #CA73BC

split-complementary

#CAAD73 #73BCCA #8273CA

monochromatic

#8D7035 #B99347 #CAAD73 #DBC79F #ECE1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CAAD73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#CAAD73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD73

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD73	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAC6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B475

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.083 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc59c',
    500: '#caad73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad73;
$custom-light: #dcc59c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 45.078,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7598,
    "c": 0.08289,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.43682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD73

secondary

#BCC7DC

accent

#5CB82D

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F2

border

#D4D1CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD73

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

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