#CAA440#CAA440

#CAA440 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.124 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA440
RGB	rgb(202, 164, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, 3.34, 55.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 55.28, 86.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% 0.0047 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.124 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.5601, 39.4800, 10.4389)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA440 #4066CA

analogous

#CA5F40 #CAA440 #ABCA40

triadic

#CAA440 #40CAA4 #A440CA

tetradic

#CAA440 #40CA5F #4066CA #CA40AB

square

#CAA440 #40CA5F #4066CA #CA40AB

split-complementary

#CAA440 #40ABCA #5F40CA

monochromatic

#705A1F #A0802C #CAA440 #D7BB70 #E5D2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#CAA440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#CAA440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA440

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA440	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 164, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.124 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debe7a',
    500: '#caa440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa440;
$custom-light: #debe7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.478,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73488,
    "c": 0.1244,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA440

secondary

#95A5D1

accent

#72E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA440

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

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