#CAA338#CAA338

#CAA338 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.129 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA338
RGB	rgb(202, 163, 56)
HSL	hsl(44, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, 3.46, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 58.31, 86.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% 0.0041 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.129 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1703, 39.0389, 9.2654)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA338 #385FCA

analogous

#CA5A38 #CAA338 #A8CA38

triadic

#CAA338 #38CAA3 #A338CA

tetradic

#CAA338 #38CA5A #385FCA #CA38A8

square

#CAA338 #38CA5A #385FCA #CA38A8

split-complementary

#CAA338 #38A8CA #5A38CA

monochromatic

#6B561D #9B7D29 #CAA338 #D7B968 #E4D099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#CAA338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#CAA338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA338

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA338	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)

#B6A228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 163, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.129 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debd75',
    500: '#caa338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa338;
$custom-light: #debd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.973,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73218,
    "c": 0.12933,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA338

secondary

#8EA0CF

accent

#70E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA338

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

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