#CAA250#CAA250

#CAA250 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.111 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA250
RGB	rgb(202, 162, 80)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 60.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, 5.44, 47.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 47.74, 83.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% 0.0129 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.111 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7274, 38.9788, 13.0717)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA250 #5078CA

analogous

#CA6550 #CAA250 #B5CA50

triadic

#CAA250 #50CAA2 #A250CA

tetradic

#CAA250 #50CA65 #5078CA #CA50B5

square

#CAA250 #50CA65 #5078CA #CA50B5

split-complementary

#CAA250 #50B5CA #6550CA

monochromatic

#7A5E25 #A98333 #CAA250 #D8BB7F #E6D4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#CAA250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#CAA250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA250

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA250	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 162, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.111 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbd84',
    500: '#caa250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa250;
$custom-light: #ddbd84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.328,
    "s": 53.509,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73252,
    "c": 0.11088,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA250

secondary

#A1B2D4

accent

#7BDD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA250

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

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