#CAA059#CAA059

#CAA059 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.102 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA059
RGB	rgb(202, 160, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(38, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, 7.20, 42.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 43.11, 80.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% 0.0192 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.102 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7330, 38.4218, 14.8253)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA059 #5983CA

analogous

#CA6859 #CAA059 #BCCA59

triadic

#CAA059 #59CAA0 #A059CA

tetradic

#CAA059 #59CA68 #5983CA #CA59BC

square

#CAA059 #59CA68 #5983CA #CA59BC

split-complementary

#CAA059 #59BCCA #6859CA

monochromatic

#805F29 #AE8238 #CAA059 #D9BB87 #E8D5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#CAA059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#CAA059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA059

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA059	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 160, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.102 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbb8a',
    500: '#caa059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa059;
$custom-light: #ddbb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.699,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72967,
    "c": 0.10224,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA059

secondary

#A8BAD6

accent

#82DB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA059

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

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