#CAA242#CAA242

#CAA242 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.122 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA242
RGB	rgb(202, 162, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, 4.53, 53.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 53.97, 85.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% 0.0084 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.122 86)
XYZ	xyz(38.2629, 38.7930, 10.6257)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA242 #426ACA

analogous

#CA5E42 #CAA242 #AECA42

triadic

#CAA242 #42CAA2 #A242CA

tetradic

#CAA242 #42CA5E #426ACA #CA42AE

square

#CAA242 #42CA5E #426ACA #CA42AE

split-complementary

#CAA242 #42AECA #5E42CA

monochromatic

#725A20 #A27F2D #CAA242 #D7BA72 #E5D1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#CAA242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#CAA242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA242

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA242	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 162, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.122 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debd7b',
    500: '#caa242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa242;
$custom-light: #debd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73103,
    "c": 0.12197,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.38791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA242

secondary

#96A8D1

accent

#75DF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA242

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

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