#CAA438#CAA438

#CAA438 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.130 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA438
RGB	rgb(202, 164, 56)
HSL	hsl(44, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, 2.93, 58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 58.53, 87.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% 0.0026 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.13 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3486, 39.3954, 9.3248)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA438 #385ECA

analogous

#CA5B38 #CAA438 #A7CA38

triadic

#CAA438 #38CAA4 #A438CA

tetradic

#CAA438 #38CA5B #385ECA #CA38A7

square

#CAA438 #38CA5B #385ECA #CA38A7

split-complementary

#CAA438 #38A7CA #5B38CA

monochromatic

#6B571D #9B7E29 #CAA438 #D7BA68 #E4D099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#CAA438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#CAA438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA438

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA438	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 164, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.130 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debe75',
    500: '#caa438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa438;
$custom-light: #debe75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.384,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73421,
    "c": 0.12983,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA438

secondary

#8E9FCF

accent

#6FE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA438

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

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