#CAAE65#CAAE65

#CAAE65 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.098 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAE65
RGB	rgb(202, 174, 101)
HSL	hsl(43, 49%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(43, 50%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 50%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, 0.73, 40.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 40.98, 88.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% 0.0017 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.098 89)
XYZ	xyz(41.8436, 43.7702, 18.5538)
Luminance	0.4377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAE65 #6581CA

analogous

#CA7C65 #CAAE65 #B4CA65

triadic

#CAAE65 #65CAAE #AE65CA

tetradic

#CAAE65 #65CA7C #6581CA #CA65B4

square

#CAAE65 #65CA7C #6581CA #CA65B4

split-complementary

#CAAE65 #65B4CA #7C65CA

monochromatic

#866E2E #B4933E #CAAE65 #DAC693 #E9DEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CAAE65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#CAAE65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAE65

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAE65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAE65	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAC5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B468

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caae65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 174, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.098 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc692',
    500: '#caae65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caae65;
$custom-light: #dcc692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caae65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.366,
    "s": 48.792,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75961,
    "c": 0.09809,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.43768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAE65

secondary

#B2BDD9

accent

#75D84F

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAE65

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

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