#CAA239#CAA239

#CAA239 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.128 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA239
RGB	rgb(202, 162, 57)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 71.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, 4.05, 57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 57.69, 85.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% 0.0059 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.128 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0182, 38.6951, 9.3366)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA239 #3961CA

analogous

#CA5939 #CAA239 #AACA39

triadic

#CAA239 #39CAA2 #A239CA

tetradic

#CAA239 #39CA59 #3961CA #CA39AA

square

#CAA239 #39CA59 #3961CA #CA39AA

split-complementary

#CAA239 #39AACA #5939CA

monochromatic

#6C561D #9C7D2A #CAA239 #D7B969 #E4CF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#CAA239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#CAA239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA239

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA239	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)

#B5A12A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 162, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.128 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debd76',
    500: '#caa239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa239;
$custom-light: #debd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.448,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73024,
    "c": 0.1282,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA239

secondary

#8FA1D0

accent

#71E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA239

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

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