#CAA255#CAA255

#CAA255 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.107 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA255
RGB	rgb(202, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(39, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(39, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 57.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, 5.81, 45.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 45.42, 82.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% 0.0146 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.107 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.9190, 39.0554, 14.0811)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA255 #557DCA

analogous

#CA6855 #CAA255 #B8CA55

triadic

#CAA255 #55CAA2 #A255CA

tetradic

#CAA255 #55CA68 #557DCA #CA55B8

square

#CAA255 #55CA68 #557DCA #CA55B8

split-complementary

#CAA255 #55B8CA #6855CA

monochromatic

#7D6027 #AC8436 #CAA255 #D9BC84 #E7D5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#CAA255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#CAA255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA255

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA255	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.107 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbd87',
    500: '#caa255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa255;
$custom-light: #ddbd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.487,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73314,
    "c": 0.10657,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA255

secondary

#A5B6D5

accent

#7DDC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA255

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

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