#CAA538#CAA538

#CAA538 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.130 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA538
RGB	rgb(202, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, 2.39, 58.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 58.76, 87.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% 0.001 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.13 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5282, 39.7548, 9.3847)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA538 #385DCA

analogous

#CA5C38 #CAA538 #A6CA38

triadic

#CAA538 #38CAA5 #A538CA

tetradic

#CAA538 #38CA5C #385DCA #CA38A6

square

#CAA538 #38CA5C #385DCA #CA38A6

split-complementary

#CAA538 #38A6CA #5C38CA

monochromatic

#6B571D #9B7F29 #CAA538 #D7BB68 #E4D199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#CAA538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#CAA538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA538

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA538	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)

#B8A328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.130 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debf75',
    500: '#caa538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa538;
$custom-light: #debf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.795,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73624,
    "c": 0.13034,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA538

secondary

#8E9FCF

accent

#6EE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA538

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

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