#CAA238#CAA238

#CAA238 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.129 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA238
RGB	rgb(202, 162, 56)
HSL	hsl(44, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, 4.00, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 58.08, 86.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% 0.0056 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.129 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9935, 38.6852, 9.2065)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA238 #3860CA

analogous

#CA5938 #CAA238 #A9CA38

triadic

#CAA238 #38CAA2 #A238CA

tetradic

#CAA238 #38CA59 #3860CA #CA38A9

square

#CAA238 #38CA59 #3860CA #CA38A9

split-complementary

#CAA238 #38A9CA #5938CA

monochromatic

#6B561D #9B7C29 #CAA238 #D7B968 #E4CF99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#CAA238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#CAA238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA238

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA238	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 162, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.129 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debd75',
    500: '#caa238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa238;
$custom-light: #debd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.562,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73016,
    "c": 0.12884,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA238

secondary

#8EA0CF

accent

#71E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA238

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

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