#CAA259#CAA259

#CAA259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.103 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA259
RGB	rgb(202, 162, 89)
HSL	hsl(39, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(39, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, 6.12, 43.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 43.55, 81.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% 0.016 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.103 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.0825, 39.1208, 14.9418)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA259 #5981CA

analogous

#CA6A59 #CAA259 #BACA59

triadic

#CAA259 #59CAA2 #A259CA

tetradic

#CAA259 #59CA6A #5981CA #CA59BA

square

#CAA259 #59CA6A #5981CA #CA59BA

split-complementary

#CAA259 #59BACA #6A59CA

monochromatic

#806129 #AE8438 #CAA259 #D9BC87 #E8D6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#CAA259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#CAA259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA259

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA259	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)

#B3A252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 162, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.103 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbd8a',
    500: '#caa259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa259;
$custom-light: #ddbd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.761,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73366,
    "c": 0.10301,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA259

secondary

#A8B9D6

accent

#7FDB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA259

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

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