#CAA040#CAA040

#CAA040 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.123 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA040
RGB	rgb(202, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, 5.49, 54.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 54.39, 84.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% 0.0109 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.123 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8555, 38.0708, 10.2040)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA040 #406ACA

analogous

#CA5B40 #CAA040 #AFCA40

triadic

#CAA040 #40CAA0 #A040CA

tetradic

#CAA040 #40CA5B #406ACA #CA40AF

square

#CAA040 #40CA5B #406ACA #CA40AF

split-complementary

#CAA040 #40AFCA #5B40CA

monochromatic

#70581F #A07D2C #CAA040 #D7B870 #E5D0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CAA040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#CAA040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA040

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA040	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)

#B3A034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.123 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debb7a',
    500: '#caa040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa040;
$custom-light: #debb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.739,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72682,
    "c": 0.12252,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA040

secondary

#95A7D1

accent

#76E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA040

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

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