#CAA442#CAA442

#CAA442 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.123 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA442
RGB	rgb(202, 164, 66)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, 3.46, 54.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 54.44, 86.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% 0.0053 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.123 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6181, 39.5032, 10.7440)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA442 #4268CA

analogous

#CA6042 #CAA442 #ACCA42

triadic

#CAA442 #42CAA4 #A442CA

tetradic

#CAA442 #42CA60 #4268CA #CA42AC

square

#CAA442 #42CA60 #4268CA #CA42AC

split-complementary

#CAA442 #42ACCA #6042CA

monochromatic

#725B20 #A2812D #CAA442 #D7BB72 #E5D2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#CAA442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#CAA442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA442

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA442	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)

#B6A336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 164, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.123 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debe7b',
    500: '#caa442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa442;
$custom-light: #debe7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.235,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73507,
    "c": 0.12294,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA442

secondary

#96A7D1

accent

#73DF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA442

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

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