#CAA456#CAA456

#CAA456 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.107 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA456
RGB	rgb(202, 164, 86)
HSL	hsl(40, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(40, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 57.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, 4.81, 45.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 45.43, 83.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% 0.0118 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.107 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3142, 39.7817, 14.4102)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA456 #567CCA

analogous

#CA6A56 #CAA456 #B6CA56

triadic

#CAA456 #56CAA4 #A456CA

tetradic

#CAA456 #56CA6A #567CCA #CA56B6

square

#CAA456 #56CA6A #567CCA #CA56B6

split-complementary

#CAA456 #56B6CA #6A56CA

monochromatic

#7E6228 #AD8636 #CAA456 #D9BD85 #E7D6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#CAA456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#CAA456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA456

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA456	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A44F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 164, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.107 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbe88',
    500: '#caa456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa456;
$custom-light: #ddbe88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.345,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73728,
    "c": 0.10658,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA456

secondary

#A6B6D6

accent

#7BDC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA456

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

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