#CAA551#CAA551

#CAA551 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.111 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA551
RGB	rgb(202, 165, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, 3.90, 47.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 48.00, 85.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% 0.0085 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.111 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.2994, 40.0632, 13.4460)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA551 #5176CA

analogous

#CA6851 #CAA551 #B2CA51

triadic

#CAA551 #51CAA5 #A551CA

tetradic

#CAA551 #51CA68 #5176CA #CA51B2

square

#CAA551 #51CA68 #5176CA #CA51B2

split-complementary

#CAA551 #51B2CA #6851CA

monochromatic

#7B6125 #AA8634 #CAA551 #D8BD80 #E7D6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#CAA551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#CAA551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA551

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA551	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 165, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.111 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbf84',
    500: '#caa551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa551;
$custom-light: #ddbf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.653,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73868,
    "c": 0.11146,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA551

secondary

#A2B2D5

accent

#78DD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA551

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

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