#CAA561#CAA561

#CAA561 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.097 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA561
RGB	rgb(202, 165, 97)
HSL	hsl(39, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(39, 52%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 52%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, 5.19, 40.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 40.44, 82.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% 0.0142 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.097 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9716, 40.3321, 16.9864)
Luminance	0.4033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA561 #6186CA

analogous

#CA7061 #CAA561 #BACA61

triadic

#CAA561 #61CAA5 #A561CA

tetradic

#CAA561 #61CA70 #6186CA #CA61BA

square

#CAA561 #61CA70 #6186CA #CA61BA

split-complementary

#CAA561 #61BACA #7061CA

monochromatic

#84652C #B2883C #CAA561 #D9BF8F #E9D9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#CAA561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#CAA561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA561

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA561	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A55B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 165, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.097 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbf8f',
    500: '#caa561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa561;
$custom-light: #dcbf8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.857,
    "s": 49.763,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74079,
    "c": 0.09689,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA561

secondary

#AFBDD8

accent

#7FD94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA561

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

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