#CAA03E#CAA03E

#CAA03E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.124 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA03E
RGB	rgb(202, 160, 62)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 69.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, 5.38, 54.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 55.22, 84.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% 0.0104 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.124 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7996, 38.0485, 9.9097)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA03E #3E68CA

analogous

#CA5A3E #CAA03E #AECA3E

triadic

#CAA03E #3ECAA0 #A03ECA

tetradic

#CAA03E #3ECA5A #3E68CA #CA3EAE

square

#CAA03E #3ECA5A #3E68CA #CA3EAE

split-complementary

#CAA03E #3EAECA #5A3ECA

monochromatic

#6F571F #9F7C2C #CAA03E #D7B86E #E4CF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CAA03E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#CAA03E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA03E

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA03E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA03E	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa03e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 160, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.124 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debb78',
    500: '#caa03e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa03e;
$custom-light: #debb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa03e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72664,
    "c": 0.12392,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA03E

secondary

#93A6D1

accent

#75E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA03E

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

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