#CAA12D#CAA12D

#CAA12D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.135 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA12D
RGB	rgb(202, 161, 45)
HSL	hsl(44, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 77.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, 4.06, 61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 61.94, 86.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% 0.0046 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.135 88)
XYZ	xyz(37.5780, 38.2383, 7.8836)
Luminance	0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA12D #2D56CA

analogous

#CA522D #CAA12D #A4CA2D

triadic

#CAA12D #2DCAA1 #A12DCA

tetradic

#CAA12D #2DCA52 #2D56CA #CA2DA4

square

#CAA12D #2DCA52 #2D56CA #CA2DA4

split-complementary

#CAA12D #2DA4CA #522DCA

monochromatic

#665117 #987922 #CAA12D #DAB95A #E5CE8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#CAA12D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#CAA12D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA12D

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA12D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA12D	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A016

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa12d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 161, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.135 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbc6f',
    500: '#caa12d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa12d;
$custom-light: #dfbc6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa12d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.331,
    "s": 63.563,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72736,
    "c": 0.13479,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.38236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA12D

secondary

#8397CF

accent

#6CE741

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA12D

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

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