#CAA261#CAA261

#CAA261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.096 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA261
RGB	rgb(202, 162, 97)
HSL	hsl(37, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(37, 52%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 52%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, 6.80, 39.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 39.75, 80.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% 0.019 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.096 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4368, 39.2626, 16.8082)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA261 #6189CA

analogous

#CA6D61 #CAA261 #BDCA61

triadic

#CAA261 #61CAA2 #A261CA

tetradic

#CAA261 #61CA6D #6189CA #CA61BD

square

#CAA261 #61CA6D #6189CA #CA61BD

split-complementary

#CAA261 #61BDCA #6D61CA

monochromatic

#84632C #B2853C #CAA261 #D9BD8F #E9D8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#CAA261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#CAA261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA261

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA261	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A25C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99792

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 162, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.096 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbd8f',
    500: '#caa261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa261;
$custom-light: #dcbd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.143,
    "s": 49.763,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73479,
    "c": 0.09565,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA261

secondary

#AFBED8

accent

#83D94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA261

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

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