#CAAE9E#CAAE9E

#CAAE9E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.040 H 51.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAE9E
RGB	rgb(202, 174, 158)
HSL	hsl(22, 29%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(22, 22%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 21.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.09, 7.61, 11.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.09, 14.17, 57.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% 0.0246 0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.04 51.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.6649, 45.2987, 38.6792)
Luminance	0.4530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAE9E #9EBACA

analogous

#CA9EA4 #CAAE9E #CAC49E

triadic

#CAAE9E #9ECAAE #AE9ECA

tetradic

#CAAE9E #A4CA9E #9EBACA #C49ECA

square

#CAAE9E #A4CA9E #9EBACA #C49ECA

split-complementary

#CAAE9E #9ECAC4 #9EA4CA

monochromatic

#9A6D54 #B48D76 #CAAE9E #E0CFC6 #F4EEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#CAAE9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#CAAE9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAE9E

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAE9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAE9E	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B09D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB69E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caae9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 174, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.040 51.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac6ba',
    500: '#caae9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caae9e;
$custom-light: #dac6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caae9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.818,
    "s": 29.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77088,
    "c": 0.0396,
    "h": 51.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAE9E

secondary

#DCE4E8

accent

#81A83E

background

#FDFCFB

surface

#FBF8F6

border

#D4D1D0

text

#151311

muted

#838280

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAE9E

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

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