#CAAE72#CAAE72

#CAAE72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.085 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAE72
RGB	rgb(202, 174, 114)
HSL	hsl(41, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(41, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 43.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, 2.01, 34.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 34.55, 86.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% 0.0067 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.085 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.5317, 44.0454, 22.1776)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAE72 #728ECA

analogous

#CA8272 #CAAE72 #BACA72

triadic

#CAAE72 #72CAAE #AE72CA

tetradic

#CAAE72 #72CA82 #728ECA #CA72BA

square

#CAAE72 #72CA82 #728ECA #CA72BA

split-complementary

#CAAE72 #72BACA #8272CA

monochromatic

#8D7135 #B99446 #CAAE72 #DBC89E #EBE1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CAAE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#CAAE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAE72

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAE72	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAD6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B474

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caae72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 174, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.085 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc69b',
    500: '#caae72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caae72;
$custom-light: #dcc69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caae72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.909,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76166,
    "c": 0.08457,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAE72

secondary

#BCC6DC

accent

#59B92D

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F2

border

#D4D1CC

text

#15130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAE72

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

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