#CAA249#CAA249

#CAA249 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.117 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA249
RGB	rgb(202, 162, 73)
HSL	hsl(41, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(41, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, 4.96, 50.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 50.92, 84.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% 0.0106 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.117 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4821, 38.8807, 11.7799)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA249 #4971CA

analogous

#CA6249 #CAA249 #B2CA49

triadic

#CAA249 #49CAA2 #A249CA

tetradic

#CAA249 #49CA62 #4971CA #CA49B2

square

#CAA249 #49CA62 #4971CA #CA49B2

split-complementary

#CAA249 #49B2CA #6249CA

monochromatic

#765C22 #A68130 #CAA249 #D8BA78 #E6D2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#CAA249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#CAA249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA249

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA249	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA958F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 162, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.117 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debd7f',
    500: '#caa249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa249;
$custom-light: #debd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.395,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73173,
    "c": 0.11662,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA249

secondary

#9CADD3

accent

#78DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA249

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

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