#CAA142#CAA142

#CAA142 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.122 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA142
RGB	rgb(202, 161, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, 5.07, 53.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 53.75, 84.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% 0.01 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.122 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0875, 38.4421, 10.5672)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA142 #426BCA

analogous

#CA5D42 #CAA142 #AFCA42

triadic

#CAA142 #42CAA1 #A142CA

tetradic

#CAA142 #42CA5D #426BCA #CA42AF

square

#CAA142 #42CA5D #426BCA #CA42AF

split-complementary

#CAA142 #42AFCA #5D42CA

monochromatic

#725920 #A27E2D #CAA142 #D7B972 #E5D1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#CAA142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#CAA142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA142

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA142	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 161, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.122 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debc7b',
    500: '#caa142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa142;
$custom-light: #debc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.912,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72902,
    "c": 0.12151,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA142

secondary

#96A8D1

accent

#76DF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA142

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

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