#CAAD79#CAAD79

#CAAD79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.076 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD79
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 121)
HSL	hsl(39, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(39, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 40.1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.11, 3.31, 30.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.11, 30.79, 83.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% 0.0111 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.076 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.7530, 43.8260, 24.2927)
Luminance	0.4382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD79 #7996CA

analogous

#CA8479 #CAAD79 #BECA79

triadic

#CAAD79 #79CAAD #AD79CA

tetradic

#CAAD79 #79CA84 #7996CA #CA79BE

square

#CAAD79 #79CA84 #7996CA #CA79BE

split-complementary

#CAAD79 #79BECA #8479CA

monochromatic

#907139 #B9924D #CAAD79 #DBC8A5 #EDE3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CAAD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#CAAD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD79

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD79	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAC75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B47A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.076 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc5a0',
    500: '#caad79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad79;
$custom-light: #dbc5a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.519,
    "s": 43.316,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76087,
    "c": 0.07646,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD79

secondary

#C1CBDE

accent

#60B62F

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F2

border

#D4D1CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD79

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

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