#CAA256#CAA256

#CAA256 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.106 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA256
RGB	rgb(202, 162, 86)
HSL	hsl(39, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(39, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 57.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, 5.89, 44.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 44.96, 82.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% 0.0149 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.106 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.9591, 39.0714, 14.2918)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA256 #567ECA

analogous

#CA6856 #CAA256 #B8CA56

triadic

#CAA256 #56CAA2 #A256CA

tetradic

#CAA256 #56CA68 #567ECA #CA56B8

square

#CAA256 #56CA68 #567ECA #CA56B8

split-complementary

#CAA256 #56B8CA #6856CA

monochromatic

#7E6028 #AD8436 #CAA256 #D9BC85 #E7D5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#CAA256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#CAA256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA256

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA256	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)

#B3A24F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 162, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.106 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbd88',
    500: '#caa256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa256;
$custom-light: #ddbd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.31,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73326,
    "c": 0.10569,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA256

secondary

#A6B7D6

accent

#7EDC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA256

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

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