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#CAAE92 — Light Muted Brown

#CAAE92 is a brown color we call Light 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 #CAAE92 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.

#CAAE92 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 #91ADCA; it also sits naturally between #CA9191 and #CACA91. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CAAE92 · RGB 202, 174, 146

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Color values

HEX#CAAE92
RGB202, 174, 146
HSL30°, 35%, 68%
HSV30°, 28%, 79%
CMYK0%, 14%, 28%, 21%
XYZ44.68, 44.90, 33.51
Yxy44.90, 0.3630, 0.3648
CIE-Lab72.83, 5.89, 18.13
Hunter Lab67.01, 5.42, 14.14

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 79% · Green 68% · Blue 57%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 14% · Yellow 28% · Key 21%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CAAE92 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CAAE92 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CAAE92

.text { color: #CAAE92; }
.background { background-color: #CAAE92; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CAAE92; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(202, 174, 146); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(30, 35%, 68%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CAAE92; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(202, 174, 146, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CAAE92; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(202, 174, 146, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CAAE92">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CAAE92">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CAAE92

#C09E7C#B48C64#A97D51#916B46#7C5C3C#674D32#4F3B26#3B2B1C#221A11#0E0A07

Tints of #CAAE92

#CFB59B#D4BDA5#D7C2AC#DCC9B7#E1D1C1#E6D9CB#EBE0D6#EEE6DD#F3EDE7#F8F5F1

Tones of #CAAE92

#C6AD95#C2AD99#BEAD9D#BAADA1#B6ADA5#B1ADA9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #91ADCA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.10:1 Fails
Against black text9.98:1 AAA

Best text color on #CAAE92: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CAAE92

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 #CAAE92: ·

How #CAAE92 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BEBE99Deuteranopia · #C0C29ATritanopia · #C99E9F

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 #CAAE92 rather than the exact color:

Palette Ad8b73
#AD8B73 · #CEAB93 · #E3CAA5 · #FFFBE9
Palette 202940
#202940 · #4B4038 · #9A8678 · #CAAA98
Palette 8e806a
#8E806A · #C3B091 · #E4CDA7 · #FFE6BC
Palette F0ece3
#F0ECE3 · #DFD3C3 · #C7B198 · #596E79
Palette F0ece2
#F0ECE2 · #DFD3C3 · #C7B198 · #596E79
Frozen Horizon
#CFAC97 · #B4AD53 · #618839 · #5FAD63

Similar colors

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

#CEAB93#CAAA98#C3B091#C7B198#CFAC97#CFAB8D#D1B08E#C6B497#C1AC95#C1AA92#C5B794#CBAF87

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CAAE91  ·  #CAAE93 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CAAE92?

#CAAE92 is Light Muted Brown, a brown color (RGB 202, 174, 146). Its closest standard named color is Tan.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CAAE92?

#CAAE92 is RGB 202, 174, 146 — HSL 30°, 35%, 68% — CMYK 0%, 14%, 28%, 21%.

What colors go with #CAAE92?

Its complement is #91ADCA; analogous partners are #CA9191 and #CACA91. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CAAE92 for text?

Black text on #CAAE92 has a contrast ratio of 9.98:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.10:1.