#CAA252#CAA252

#CAA252 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.109 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA252
RGB	rgb(202, 162, 82)
HSL	hsl(40, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(40, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 59.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, 5.58, 46.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 46.82, 83.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% 0.0135 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.109 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.8024, 39.0088, 13.4667)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA252 #527ACA

analogous

#CA6652 #CAA252 #B6CA52

triadic

#CAA252 #52CAA2 #A252CA

tetradic

#CAA252 #52CA66 #527ACA #CA52B6

square

#CAA252 #52CA66 #527ACA #CA52B6

split-complementary

#CAA252 #52B6CA #6652CA

monochromatic

#7C5F26 #AB8334 #CAA252 #D8BB81 #E7D4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#CAA252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#CAA252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA252

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA252	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)

#B3A24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 162, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.109 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbd85',
    500: '#caa252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa252;
$custom-light: #ddbd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73276,
    "c": 0.10917,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA252

secondary

#A3B4D5

accent

#7CDD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA252

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

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