#CAAD74#CAAD74

#CAAD74 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.082 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD74
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 116)
HSL	hsl(40, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(40, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 42.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, 2.76, 33.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 33.27, 85.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76% 0.009 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.082 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.4543, 43.7065, 22.7196)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD74 #7491CA

analogous

#CA8274 #CAAD74 #BCCA74

triadic

#CAAD74 #74CAAD #AD74CA

tetradic

#CAAD74 #74CA82 #7491CA #CA74BC

square

#CAAD74 #74CA82 #7491CA #CA74BC

split-complementary

#CAAD74 #74BCCA #8274CA

monochromatic

#8E7036 #B99348 #CAAD74 #DBC7A0 #ECE1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CAAD74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#CAAD74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD74

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD74	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)

#BBAC70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.082 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc59c',
    500: '#caad74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad74;
$custom-light: #dcc59c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.767,
    "s": 44.792,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75997,
    "c": 0.08182,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD74

secondary

#BDC8DD

accent

#5CB82E

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F2

border

#D4D1CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD74

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

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