#CAA23C#CAA23C

#CAA23C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.126 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA23C
RGB	rgb(202, 162, 60)
HSL	hsl(43, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 70.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, 4.20, 56.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 56.48, 85.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% 0.0067 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.126 87)
XYZ	xyz(38.0952, 38.7259, 9.7424)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA23C #3C64CA

analogous

#CA5B3C #CAA23C #ABCA3C

triadic

#CAA23C #3CCAA2 #A23CCA

tetradic

#CAA23C #3CCA5B #3C64CA #CA3CAB

square

#CAA23C #3CCA5B #3C64CA #CA3CAB

split-complementary

#CAA23C #3CABCA #5B3CCA

monochromatic

#6E571E #9E7E2B #CAA23C #D7B96C #E4D09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#CAA23C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#CAA23C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA23C

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA23C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA23C	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)

#B5A12E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa23c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 162, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.126 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debd77',
    500: '#caa23c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa23c;
$custom-light: #debd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa23c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.099,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73049,
    "c": 0.12621,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.38723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA23C

secondary

#92A3D0

accent

#72E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA23C

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

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