#CAA231#CAA231

#CAA231 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.133 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA231
RGB	rgb(202, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(44, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 75.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, 3.68, 60.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 60.73, 86.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% 0.004 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.133 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8341, 38.6215, 8.3671)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA231 #3159CA

analogous

#CA5631 #CAA231 #A6CA31

triadic

#CAA231 #31CAA2 #A231CA

tetradic

#CAA231 #31CA56 #3159CA #CA31A6

square

#CAA231 #31CA56 #3159CA #CA31A6

split-complementary

#CAA231 #31A6CA #5631CA

monochromatic

#675319 #997B25 #CAA231 #D8B960 #E4CF91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#CAA231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#CAA231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA231

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA231	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A11E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.133 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbd71',
    500: '#caa231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa231;
$custom-light: #dfbd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.314,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72965,
    "c": 0.13307,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA231

secondary

#889ACF

accent

#6EE444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA231

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

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