#CAA140#CAA140

#CAA140 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.123 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA140
RGB	rgb(202, 161, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, 4.95, 54.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 54.60, 84.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% 0.0094 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.123 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0296, 38.4189, 10.2621)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA140 #4069CA

analogous

#CA5C40 #CAA140 #AECA40

triadic

#CAA140 #40CAA1 #A140CA

tetradic

#CAA140 #40CA5C #4069CA #CA40AE

square

#CAA140 #40CA5C #4069CA #CA40AE

split-complementary

#CAA140 #40AECA #5C40CA

monochromatic

#70581F #A07E2C #CAA140 #D7B970 #E5D0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#CAA140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#CAA140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA140

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA140	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)

#B4A034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 161, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.123 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debc7a',
    500: '#caa140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa140;
$custom-light: #debc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.174,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72883,
    "c": 0.12296,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA140

secondary

#95A7D1

accent

#75E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA140

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

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