#CAA251#CAA251

#CAA251 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.110 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA251
RGB	rgb(202, 162, 81)
HSL	hsl(40, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, 5.51, 46.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 47.28, 83.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% 0.0132 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.11 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7646, 38.9937, 13.2677)
Luminance	0.3899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA251 #5179CA

analogous

#CA6551 #CAA251 #B6CA51

triadic

#CAA251 #51CAA2 #A251CA

tetradic

#CAA251 #51CA65 #5179CA #CA51B6

square

#CAA251 #51CA65 #5179CA #CA51B6

split-complementary

#CAA251 #51B6CA #6551CA

monochromatic

#7B5F25 #AA8334 #CAA251 #D8BB80 #E7D4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#CAA251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#CAA251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA251

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA251	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)

#B3A249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 162, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.110 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbd84',
    500: '#caa251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa251;
$custom-light: #ddbd84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.165,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73264,
    "c": 0.11003,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA251

secondary

#A2B3D5

accent

#7BDD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA251

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

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