#CAA557#CAA557

#CAA557 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.106 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA557
RGB	rgb(202, 165, 87)
HSL	hsl(41, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(41, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 56.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, 4.35, 44.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 45.20, 84.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% 0.0106 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.106 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5344, 40.1572, 14.6837)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA557 #577CCA

analogous

#CA6C57 #CAA557 #B5CA57

triadic

#CAA557 #57CAA5 #A557CA

tetradic

#CAA557 #57CA6C #577CCA #CA57B5

square

#CAA557 #57CA6C #577CCA #CA57B5

split-complementary

#CAA557 #57B5CA #6C57CA

monochromatic

#7F6328 #AD8737 #CAA557 #D9BE86 #E7D7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#CAA557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#CAA557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA557

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA557	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 165, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.106 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbf88',
    500: '#caa557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa557;
$custom-light: #ddbf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.696,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73942,
    "c": 0.10618,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA557

secondary

#A7B6D6

accent

#7ADB4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA557

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

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