#CAA23D#CAA23D

#CAA23D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.126 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA23D
RGB	rgb(202, 162, 61)
HSL	hsl(43, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 69.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, 4.25, 55.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 56.07, 85.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% 0.007 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.126 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.1219, 38.7366, 9.8830)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA23D #3D65CA

analogous

#CA5C3D #CAA23D #ABCA3D

triadic

#CAA23D #3DCAA2 #A23DCA

tetradic

#CAA23D #3DCA5C #3D65CA #CA3DAB

square

#CAA23D #3DCA5C #3D65CA #CA3DAB

split-complementary

#CAA23D #3DABCA #5C3DCA

monochromatic

#6E581E #9F7E2B #CAA23D #D7B96D #E4D09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#CAA23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#CAA23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA23D

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA23D	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 162, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.126 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debd78',
    500: '#caa23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa23d;
$custom-light: #debd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.979,
    "s": 57.085,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73057,
    "c": 0.12552,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA23D

secondary

#92A4D0

accent

#73E047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA23D

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

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