#CAAE66#CAAE66

#CAAE66 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.097 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAE66
RGB	rgb(202, 174, 102)
HSL	hsl(43, 49%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(43, 50%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 49.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, 0.83, 40.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 40.49, 88.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% 0.002 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.097 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.8929, 43.7899, 18.8134)
Luminance	0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAE66 #6682CA

analogous

#CA7C66 #CAAE66 #B4CA66

triadic

#CAAE66 #66CAAE #AE66CA

tetradic

#CAAE66 #66CA7C #6682CA #CA66B4

square

#CAAE66 #66CA7C #6682CA #CA66B4

split-complementary

#CAAE66 #66B4CA #7C66CA

monochromatic

#876E2F #B4933E #CAAE66 #DAC693 #E9DEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CAAE66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#CAAE66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAE66

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAE66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAE66	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)

#BDAC60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caae66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 174, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.097 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc693',
    500: '#caae66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caae66;
$custom-light: #dcc693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caae66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.2,
    "s": 48.544,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75976,
    "c": 0.09709,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAE66

secondary

#B2BDD9

accent

#76D850

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAE66

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

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