#CAA245#CAA245

#CAA245 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.120 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA245
RGB	rgb(202, 162, 69)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 65.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, 4.71, 52.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 52.68, 84.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% 0.0093 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.12 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3537, 38.8293, 11.1038)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA245 #456DCA

analogous

#CA5F45 #CAA245 #AFCA45

triadic

#CAA245 #45CAA2 #A245CA

tetradic

#CAA245 #45CA5F #456DCA #CA45AF

square

#CAA245 #45CA5F #456DCA #CA45AF

split-complementary

#CAA245 #45AFCA #5F45CA

monochromatic

#745B21 #A3802F #CAA245 #D8BA75 #E5D2A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#CAA245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#CAA245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA245

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA245	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A13A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 162, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.120 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debd7d',
    500: '#caa245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa245;
$custom-light: #debd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.955,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73132,
    "c": 0.11972,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA245

secondary

#99AAD2

accent

#76DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA245

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

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