#CAA55E#CAA55E

#CAA55E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.100 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA55E
RGB	rgb(202, 165, 94)
HSL	hsl(39, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(39, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 53.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, 4.92, 41.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 41.88, 83.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% 0.0131 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.1 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8344, 40.2772, 16.2636)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA55E #5E83CA

analogous

#CA6F5E #CAA55E #B9CA5E

triadic

#CAA55E #5ECAA5 #A55ECA

tetradic

#CAA55E #5ECA6F #5E83CA #CA5EB9

square

#CAA55E #5ECA6F #5E83CA #CA5EB9

split-complementary

#CAA55E #5EB9CA #6F5ECA

monochromatic

#83652B #B1883A #CAA55E #D9BF8C #E8D8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#CAA55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#CAA55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA55E

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA55E	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 165, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.100 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbf8d',
    500: '#caa55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa55e;
$custom-light: #ddbf8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.444,
    "s": 50.467,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74036,
    "c": 0.09973,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA55E

secondary

#ACBBD7

accent

#7EDA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA55E

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

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