#CAA542#CAA542

#CAA542 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.123 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA542
RGB	rgb(202, 165, 66)
HSL	hsl(44, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, 2.92, 54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 54.68, 86.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% 0.0038 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.123 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7977, 39.8625, 10.8039)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA542 #4267CA

analogous

#CA6142 #CAA542 #ABCA42

triadic

#CAA542 #42CAA5 #A542CA

tetradic

#CAA542 #42CA61 #4267CA #CA42AB

square

#CAA542 #42CA61 #4267CA #CA42AB

split-complementary

#CAA542 #42ABCA #6142CA

monochromatic

#725B20 #A2822D #CAA542 #D7BC72 #E5D3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#CAA542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#CAA542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA542

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA542	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)

#B7A436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 165, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.123 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debf7b',
    500: '#caa542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa542;
$custom-light: #debf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.676,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73709,
    "c": 0.12347,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA542

secondary

#96A6D1

accent

#71DF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA542

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

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