#CAA235#CAA235

#CAA235 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.131 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA235
RGB	rgb(202, 162, 53)
HSL	hsl(44, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 73.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, 3.86, 59.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 59.24, 86.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% 0.0049 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.131 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9223, 38.6567, 8.8316)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA235 #355DCA

analogous

#CA5835 #CAA235 #A7CA35

triadic

#CAA235 #35CAA2 #A235CA

tetradic

#CAA235 #35CA58 #355DCA #CA35A7

square

#CAA235 #35CA58 #355DCA #CA35A7

split-complementary

#CAA235 #35A7CA #5835CA

monochromatic

#69541C #9A7B28 #CAA235 #D7B865 #E3CF96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#CAA235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#CAA235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA235

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA235	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 162, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.131 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debd73',
    500: '#caa235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa235;
$custom-light: #debd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.893,
    "s": 58.431,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72993,
    "c": 0.13071,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA235

secondary

#8C9ECF

accent

#70E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA235

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

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