#CAA540#CAA540

#CAA540 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.125 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA540
RGB	rgb(202, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, 2.81, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 55.52, 87.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% 0.0032 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.125 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.7398, 39.8394, 10.4988)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA540 #4065CA

analogous

#CA6040 #CAA540 #AACA40

triadic

#CAA540 #40CAA5 #A540CA

tetradic

#CAA540 #40CA60 #4065CA #CA40AA

square

#CAA540 #40CA60 #4065CA #CA40AA

split-complementary

#CAA540 #40AACA #6040CA

monochromatic

#705B1F #A0812C #CAA540 #D7BC70 #E5D2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#CAA540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#CAA540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA540

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA540	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.125 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debf7a',
    500: '#caa540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa540;
$custom-light: #debf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.913,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73691,
    "c": 0.12492,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA540

secondary

#95A5D1

accent

#71E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA540

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

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