#CAA240#CAA240

#CAA240 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.123 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA240
RGB	rgb(202, 162, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, 4.42, 54.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 54.82, 85.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% 0.0078 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.123 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2050, 38.7698, 10.3205)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA240 #4068CA

analogous

#CA5D40 #CAA240 #ADCA40

triadic

#CAA240 #40CAA2 #A240CA

tetradic

#CAA240 #40CA5D #4068CA #CA40AD

square

#CAA240 #40CA5D #4068CA #CA40AD

split-complementary

#CAA240 #40ADCA #5D40CA

monochromatic

#70591F #A07F2C #CAA240 #D7B970 #E5D1A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#CAA240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#CAA240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA240

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA240	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)

#B5A134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 162, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.123 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debd7a',
    500: '#caa240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa240;
$custom-light: #debd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.609,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73084,
    "c": 0.12342,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA240

secondary

#95A6D1

accent

#74E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA240

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

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