#CAA049#CAA049

#CAA049 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.116 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA049
RGB	rgb(202, 160, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, 6.04, 50.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 50.47, 83.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% 0.0137 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.116 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1326, 38.1817, 11.6634)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA049 #4973CA

analogous

#CA6049 #CAA049 #B4CA49

triadic

#CAA049 #49CAA0 #A049CA

tetradic

#CAA049 #49CA60 #4973CA #CA49B4

square

#CAA049 #49CA60 #4973CA #CA49B4

split-complementary

#CAA049 #49B4CA #6049CA

monochromatic

#765B22 #A67F30 #CAA049 #D8B978 #E6D1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#CAA049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#CAA049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA049

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA049	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 160, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.116 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debb7f',
    500: '#caa049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa049;
$custom-light: #debb7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.465,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72772,
    "c": 0.11575,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA049

secondary

#9CAED3

accent

#7ADE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA049

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

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