#CAA549#CAA549

#CAA549 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.118 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA549
RGB	rgb(202, 165, 73)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.43, 3.35, 51.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.43, 51.63, 86.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% 0.0059 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.118 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.0169, 39.9502, 11.9581)
Luminance	0.3995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA549 #496ECA

analogous

#CA6549 #CAA549 #AFCA49

triadic

#CAA549 #49CAA5 #A549CA

tetradic

#CAA549 #49CA65 #496ECA #CA49AF

square

#CAA549 #49CA65 #496ECA #CA49AF

split-complementary

#CAA549 #49AFCA #6549CA

monochromatic

#765E22 #A68430 #CAA549 #D8BC78 #E6D4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#CAA549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#CAA549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA549

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA549	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 165, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.118 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbf7f',
    500: '#caa549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa549;
$custom-light: #ddbf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.791,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73779,
    "c": 0.1181,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA549

secondary

#9CACD3

accent

#74DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA549

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

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