#CAA159#CAA159

#CAA159 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.103 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA159
RGB	rgb(202, 161, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(38, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, 6.66, 42.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 43.33, 81.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% 0.0176 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.103 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.9070, 38.7699, 14.8833)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA159 #5982CA

analogous

#CA6959 #CAA159 #BBCA59

triadic

#CAA159 #59CAA1 #A159CA

tetradic

#CAA159 #59CA69 #5982CA #CA59BB

square

#CAA159 #59CA69 #5982CA #CA59BB

split-complementary

#CAA159 #59BBCA #6959CA

monochromatic

#806029 #AE8338 #CAA159 #D9BB87 #E8D6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#CAA159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#CAA159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA159

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA159	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 161, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.103 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbc8a',
    500: '#caa159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa159;
$custom-light: #ddbc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.23,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73166,
    "c": 0.10261,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA159

secondary

#A8B9D6

accent

#80DB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA159

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

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