#CAA039#CAA039

#CAA039 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.127 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA039
RGB	rgb(202, 160, 57)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 71.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, 5.12, 57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 57.26, 84.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% 0.009 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.127 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.6687, 37.9961, 9.2201)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA039 #3963CA

analogous

#CA5739 #CAA039 #ABCA39

triadic

#CAA039 #39CAA0 #A039CA

tetradic

#CAA039 #39CA57 #3963CA #CA39AB

square

#CAA039 #39CA57 #3963CA #CA39AB

split-complementary

#CAA039 #39ABCA #5739CA

monochromatic

#6C551D #9C7B2A #CAA039 #D7B769 #E4CE9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CAA039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#CAA039 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA039

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA039	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)

#B39F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 160, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.127 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debb75',
    500: '#caa039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa039;
$custom-light: #debb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.621,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72621,
    "c": 0.12729,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA039

secondary

#8FA2D0

accent

#73E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA039

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

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