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#CAA684 — Muted Brown

#CAA684 is a brown color we call Muted Brown, closest to the named color Tan (#D2B48C). It belongs to the brown family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: tan (#D2B48C) — not an exact match. CSS tan gives you #D2B48C, a different color; use #CAA684 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#CAA684 is a warm brown color associated with earthiness, stability and comfort. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #82A7C9; it also sits naturally between #C98283 and #C9C882. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CAA684 · RGB 202, 166, 132

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Color values

HEX#CAA684
RGB202, 166, 132
HSL29°, 40%, 65%
HSV29°, 35%, 79%
CMYK0%, 18%, 35%, 21%
XYZ42.16, 41.49, 27.62
Yxy41.49, 0.3789, 0.3729
CIE-Lab70.52, 8.38, 22.57
Hunter Lab64.42, 7.65, 16.79

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 79% · Green 65% · Blue 52%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 18% · Yellow 35% · Key 21%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #CAA684 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CAA684 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CAA684

.text { color: #CAA684; }
.background { background-color: #CAA684; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CAA684; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(202, 166, 132); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(29, 40%, 65%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CAA684; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(202, 166, 132, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CAA684; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(202, 166, 132, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CAA684">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CAA684">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CAA684

#C0956D#B78657#A87648#92673F#7D5836#64462B#4F3722#392818#24190F#0E0A06

Tints of #CAA684

#CEAC8D#D3B497#D7BCA2#DCC4AD#E2CEBB#E7D6C6#EBDDD1#F0E5DB#F4EDE6#F9F5F1

Tones of #CAA684

#C4A587#C0A58C#BAA591#B5A597#B0A59C#ABA6A0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #82A7C9:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.26:1 Fails
Against black text9.30:1 AAA

Best text color on #CAA684: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CAA684

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #CAA684: ·

How #CAA684 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #BABA8CDeuteranopia · #BDBF8ETritanopia · #C89394

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9EMaterial Light Green 500 · #8BC34AMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CAA684 rather than the exact color:

Palette A8bba3
#A8BBA3 · #B87C4C · #C4A484 · #F7F1DE
Palette E6e6e6
#E6E6E6 · #C5A880 · #532E1C · #0F0F0F
Golden Ruby Bloom
#755A9D · #C09FB3 · #C8A087 · #ABBC91
Palette 748873
#748873 · #D1A980 · #E5E0D8 · #F8F8F8
Palette E7dec8
#E7DEC8 · #CBAF87 · #7E8A97 · #30475E
Vivid Ruby Tempest
#843993 · #D572B0 · #D0727B · #D2A47E

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#C4A484#C5A880#C8A087#D1A980#CBAF87#D2A47E#C8AE7D#D0AF84#C2A68C#CFAB8D#C5A490#C49B8A

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CAA683  ·  #CAA685 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CAA684?

#CAA684 is Muted Brown, a brown color (RGB 202, 166, 132). Its closest standard named color is Tan.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CAA684?

#CAA684 is RGB 202, 166, 132 — HSL 29°, 40%, 65% — CMYK 0%, 18%, 35%, 21%.

What colors go with #CAA684?

Its complement is #82A7C9; analogous partners are #C98283 and #C9C882. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CAA684 for text?

Black text on #CAA684 has a contrast ratio of 9.30:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.26:1.