#CAAE61#CAAE61

#CAAE61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.102 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAE61
RGB	rgb(202, 174, 97)
HSL	hsl(44, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(44, 52%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 52%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, 0.37, 42.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 42.93, 89.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% 0.0002 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.102 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.6524, 43.6937, 17.5467)
Luminance	0.4369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAE61 #617DCA

analogous

#CA7961 #CAAE61 #B1CA61

triadic

#CAAE61 #61CAAE #AE61CA

tetradic

#CAAE61 #61CA79 #617DCA #CA61B1

square

#CAAE61 #61CA79 #617DCA #CA61B1

split-complementary

#CAAE61 #61B1CA #7961CA

monochromatic

#846D2C #B2933C #CAAE61 #D9C58F #E9DDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CAAE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#CAAE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAE61

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAE61	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)

#BDAC5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caae61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 174, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.102 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc68f',
    500: '#caae61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caae61;
$custom-light: #dcc68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caae61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44,
    "s": 49.763,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75904,
    "c": 0.10209,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAE61

secondary

#AFBAD8

accent

#74D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAE61

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

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