#CAA449#CAA449

#CAA449 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.118 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA449
RGB	rgb(202, 164, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, 3.88, 51.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 51.39, 85.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% 0.0074 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.118 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8372, 39.5909, 11.8982)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA449 #496FCA

analogous

#CA6449 #CAA449 #B0CA49

triadic

#CAA449 #49CAA4 #A449CA

tetradic

#CAA449 #49CA64 #496FCA #CA49B0

square

#CAA449 #49CA64 #496FCA #CA49B0

split-complementary

#CAA449 #49B0CA #6449CA

monochromatic

#765E22 #A68330 #CAA449 #D8BC78 #E6D3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#CAA449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#CAA449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA449

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA449	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 164, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.118 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debe7f',
    500: '#caa449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa449;
$custom-light: #debe7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.326,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73576,
    "c": 0.11758,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA449

secondary

#9CACD3

accent

#75DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA449

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

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