#CAAE79#CAAE79

#CAAE79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.077 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAE79
RGB	rgb(202, 174, 121)
HSL	hsl(39, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(39, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 40.1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, 2.77, 30.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 31.08, 84.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% 0.0095 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.077 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.9455, 44.2109, 24.3569)
Luminance	0.4421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAE79 #7995CA

analogous

#CA8579 #CAAE79 #BECA79

triadic

#CAAE79 #79CAAE #AE79CA

tetradic

#CAAE79 #79CA85 #7995CA #CA79BE

square

#CAAE79 #79CA85 #7995CA #CA79BE

split-complementary

#CAAE79 #79BECA #8579CA

monochromatic

#907239 #B9934D #CAAE79 #DBC9A5 #EDE3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#CAAE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#CAAE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAE79

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAE79	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAD75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B47B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caae79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 174, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.077 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc6a0',
    500: '#caae79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caae79;
$custom-light: #dbc6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caae79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.259,
    "s": 43.316,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76289,
    "c": 0.07703,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAE79

secondary

#C1CBDE

accent

#5EB62F

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F2

border

#D4D1CC

text

#15130F

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAE79

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

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