#CAA037#CAA037

#CAA037 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.129 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA037
RGB	rgb(202, 160, 55)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 72.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, 5.03, 57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 58.05, 85.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% 0.0085 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.129 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6198, 37.9765, 8.9625)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA037 #3761CA

analogous

#CA5637 #CAA037 #ABCA37

triadic

#CAA037 #37CAA0 #A037CA

tetradic

#CAA037 #37CA56 #3761CA #CA37AB

square

#CAA037 #37CA56 #3761CA #CA37AB

split-complementary

#CAA037 #37ABCA #5637CA

monochromatic

#6A541C #9B7A29 #CAA037 #D7B767 #E4CE98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CAA037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#CAA037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA037

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA037	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 160, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.129 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debb74',
    500: '#caa037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa037;
$custom-light: #debb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72605,
    "c": 0.12856,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA037

secondary

#8EA0CF

accent

#73E146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA037

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

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