#CAA23B#CAA23B

#CAA23B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.127 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA23B
RGB	rgb(202, 162, 59)
HSL	hsl(43, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, 4.15, 56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 56.89, 85.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% 0.0064 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.127 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.0691, 38.7155, 9.6045)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA23B #3B63CA

analogous

#CA5A3B #CAA23B #AACA3B

triadic

#CAA23B #3BCAA2 #A23BCA

tetradic

#CAA23B #3BCA5A #3B63CA #CA3BAA

square

#CAA23B #3BCA5A #3B63CA #CA3BAA

split-complementary

#CAA23B #3BAACA #5A3BCA

monochromatic

#6D571E #9D7D2B #CAA23B #D7B96B #E4D09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#CAA23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#CAA23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA23B

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA23B	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)

#B5A12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 162, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.127 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debd77',
    500: '#caa23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa23b;
$custom-light: #debd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.217,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7304,
    "c": 0.12687,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA23B

secondary

#91A2D0

accent

#72E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA23B

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

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