#CAA138#CAA138

#CAA138 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.128 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA138
RGB	rgb(202, 161, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, 4.54, 57.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 57.87, 85.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% 0.0072 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.128 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8180, 38.3343, 9.1480)
Luminance	0.3833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA138 #3861CA

analogous

#CA5838 #CAA138 #AACA38

triadic

#CAA138 #38CAA1 #A138CA

tetradic

#CAA138 #38CA58 #3861CA #CA38AA

square

#CAA138 #38CA58 #3861CA #CA38AA

split-complementary

#CAA138 #38AACA #5838CA

monochromatic

#6B551D #9B7B29 #CAA138 #D7B868 #E4CF99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#CAA138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#CAA138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA138

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA138	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 161, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.128 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debc75',
    500: '#caa138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa138;
$custom-light: #debc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.151,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72814,
    "c": 0.12837,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA138

secondary

#8EA1CF

accent

#72E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA138

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

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