#CAA537#CAA537

#CAA537 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.131 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA537
RGB	rgb(202, 165, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 72.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, 2.34, 59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 59.15, 87.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% 0.0008 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.131 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5040, 39.7451, 9.2572)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA537 #375CCA

analogous

#CA5B37 #CAA537 #A5CA37

triadic

#CAA537 #37CAA5 #A537CA

tetradic

#CAA537 #37CA5B #375CCA #CA37A5

square

#CAA537 #37CA5B #375CCA #CA37A5

split-complementary

#CAA537 #37A5CA #5B37CA

monochromatic

#6A571C #9B7E29 #CAA537 #D7BB67 #E4D198

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#CAA537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#CAA537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA537

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA537	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 165, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.131 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debf75',
    500: '#caa537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa537;
$custom-light: #debf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.898,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73616,
    "c": 0.13098,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA537

secondary

#8E9ECF

accent

#6DE146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA537

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

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