#CAA038#CAA038

#CAA038 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.128 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA038
RGB	rgb(202, 160, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, 5.07, 57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 57.66, 84.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% 0.0088 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.128 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6440, 37.9862, 9.0900)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA038 #3862CA

analogous

#CA5738 #CAA038 #ABCA38

triadic

#CAA038 #38CAA0 #A038CA

tetradic

#CAA038 #38CA57 #3862CA #CA38AB

square

#CAA038 #38CA57 #3862CA #CA38AB

split-complementary

#CAA038 #38ABCA #5738CA

monochromatic

#6B541D #9B7B29 #CAA038 #D7B768 #E4CE99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CAA038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#CAA038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA038

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA038	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 160, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.128 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debb75',
    500: '#caa038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa038;
$custom-light: #debb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.74,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72613,
    "c": 0.12793,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA038

secondary

#8EA1CF

accent

#73E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA038

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

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