#CAA539#CAA539

#CAA539 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.130 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA539
RGB	rgb(202, 165, 57)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 71.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, 2.44, 58.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 58.37, 87.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% 0.0013 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.13 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5529, 39.7646, 9.5148)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA539 #395ECA

analogous

#CA5C39 #CAA539 #A6CA39

triadic

#CAA539 #39CAA5 #A539CA

tetradic

#CAA539 #39CA5C #395ECA #CA39A6

square

#CAA539 #39CA5C #395ECA #CA39A6

split-complementary

#CAA539 #39A6CA #5C39CA

monochromatic

#6C581D #9C7F2A #CAA539 #D7BB69 #E4D19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#CAA539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#CAA539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA539

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA539	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)

#B8A329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 165, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.130 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debf76',
    500: '#caa539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa539;
$custom-light: #debf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.69,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73632,
    "c": 0.12971,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA539

secondary

#8FA0D0

accent

#6EE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA539

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

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