#CAA042#CAA042

#CAA042 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.121 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA042
RGB	rgb(202, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, 5.61, 53.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 53.54, 83.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% 0.0115 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.121 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9134, 38.0940, 10.5092)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA042 #426CCA

analogous

#CA5C42 #CAA042 #B0CA42

triadic

#CAA042 #42CAA0 #A042CA

tetradic

#CAA042 #42CA5C #426CCA #CA42B0

square

#CAA042 #42CA5C #426CCA #CA42B0

split-complementary

#CAA042 #42B0CA #5C42CA

monochromatic

#725820 #A27E2D #CAA042 #D7B872 #E5D0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CAA042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#CAA042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA042

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA042	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.121 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debb7b',
    500: '#caa042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa042;
$custom-light: #debb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.471,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72701,
    "c": 0.12107,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA042

secondary

#96A9D1

accent

#77DF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA042

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

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