#CAA559#CAA559

#CAA559 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.104 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA559
RGB	rgb(202, 165, 89)
HSL	hsl(40, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(40, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, 4.51, 44.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 44.26, 84.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% 0.0113 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.104 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.6172, 40.1903, 15.1201)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA559 #597ECA

analogous

#CA6D59 #CAA559 #B7CA59

triadic

#CAA559 #59CAA5 #A559CA

tetradic

#CAA559 #59CA6D #597ECA #CA59B7

square

#CAA559 #59CA6D #597ECA #CA59B7

split-complementary

#CAA559 #59B7CA #6D59CA

monochromatic

#806329 #AE8738 #CAA559 #D9BE87 #E8D7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#CAA559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#CAA559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA559

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA559	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 165, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.104 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbf8a',
    500: '#caa559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa559;
$custom-light: #ddbf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.354,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73968,
    "c": 0.10436,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA559

secondary

#A8B7D6

accent

#7BDB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA559

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

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