#CAA236#CAA236

#CAA236 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.130 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA236
RGB	rgb(202, 162, 54)
HSL	hsl(44, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 73.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, 3.90, 58.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 58.86, 86.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73% 0.0051 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.13 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9455, 38.6660, 8.9540)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA236 #365ECA

analogous

#CA5836 #CAA236 #A8CA36

triadic

#CAA236 #36CAA2 #A236CA

tetradic

#CAA236 #36CA58 #365ECA #CA36A8

square

#CAA236 #36CA58 #365ECA #CA36A8

split-complementary

#CAA236 #36A8CA #5836CA

monochromatic

#6A551C #9A7B29 #CAA236 #D7B866 #E4CF97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#CAA236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#CAA236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA236

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA236	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	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)

#B5A126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 162, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.130 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debd74',
    500: '#caa236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa236;
$custom-light: #debd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.784,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73001,
    "c": 0.1301,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA236

secondary

#8D9FCF

accent

#70E146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA236

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

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