#CAA136#CAA136

#CAA136 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.130 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA136
RGB	rgb(202, 161, 54)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 73.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, 4.44, 58.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 58.65, 85.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% 0.0067 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.13 87)
XYZ	xyz(37.7701, 38.3151, 8.8955)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA136 #365FCA

analogous

#CA5736 #CAA136 #A9CA36

triadic

#CAA136 #36CAA1 #A136CA

tetradic

#CAA136 #36CA57 #365FCA #CA36A9

square

#CAA136 #36CA57 #365FCA #CA36A9

split-complementary

#CAA136 #36A9CA #5736CA

monochromatic

#6A541C #9A7B29 #CAA136 #D7B866 #E4CE97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#CAA136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#CAA136 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA136

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA136	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 161, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.130 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debc74',
    500: '#caa136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa136;
$custom-light: #debc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.378,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72799,
    "c": 0.12963,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.38313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA136

secondary

#8D9FCF

accent

#71E146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA136

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

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