#CAA462#CAA462

#CAA462 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.095 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA462
RGB	rgb(202, 164, 98)
HSL	hsl(38, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(38, 51%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 51.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, 5.81, 39.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 39.72, 81.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% 0.0162 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.095 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8389, 39.9915, 17.1737)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA462 #6288CA

analogous

#CA7062 #CAA462 #BCCA62

triadic

#CAA462 #62CAA4 #A462CA

tetradic

#CAA462 #62CA70 #6288CA #CA62BC

square

#CAA462 #62CA70 #6288CA #CA62BC

split-complementary

#CAA462 #62BCCA #7062CA

monochromatic

#85652D #B3873C #CAA462 #D9BF90 #E9D9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#CAA462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#CAA462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA462

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA462	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A45D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAE64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 164, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.095 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe90',
    500: '#caa462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa462;
$custom-light: #dcbe90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.077,
    "s": 49.524,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73894,
    "c": 0.09549,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA462

secondary

#AFBED8

accent

#81D94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA462

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

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