#CAA257#CAA257

#CAA257 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.105 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA257
RGB	rgb(202, 162, 87)
HSL	hsl(39, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(39, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 56.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, 5.96, 44.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 44.49, 82.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% 0.0153 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.105 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9996, 39.0877, 14.5055)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA257 #577FCA

analogous

#CA6957 #CAA257 #B9CA57

triadic

#CAA257 #57CAA2 #A257CA

tetradic

#CAA257 #57CA69 #577FCA #CA57B9

square

#CAA257 #57CA69 #577FCA #CA57B9

split-complementary

#CAA257 #57B9CA #6957CA

monochromatic

#7F6028 #AD8437 #CAA257 #D9BC86 #E7D6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#CAA257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#CAA257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA257

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA257	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 162, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.105 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbd88',
    500: '#caa257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa257;
$custom-light: #ddbd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.13,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73339,
    "c": 0.1048,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA257

secondary

#A7B7D6

accent

#7EDB4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA257

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

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