#CAA149#CAA149

#CAA149 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.116 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA149
RGB	rgb(202, 161, 73)
HSL	hsl(41, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(41, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, 5.50, 50.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 50.69, 83.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% 0.0121 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.116 84)
XYZ	xyz(38.3067, 38.5298, 11.7214)
Luminance	0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA149 #4972CA

analogous

#CA6149 #CAA149 #B3CA49

triadic

#CAA149 #49CAA1 #A149CA

tetradic

#CAA149 #49CA61 #4972CA #CA49B3

square

#CAA149 #49CA61 #4972CA #CA49B3

split-complementary

#CAA149 #49B3CA #6149CA

monochromatic

#765C22 #A68030 #CAA149 #D8B978 #E6D2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#CAA149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#CAA149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA149

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA149	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 161, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.116 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debc7f',
    500: '#caa149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa149;
$custom-light: #debc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.93,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72972,
    "c": 0.11617,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.38527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA149

secondary

#9CADD3

accent

#79DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA149

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

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