#CAA642#CAA642

#CAA642 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.124 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA642
RGB	rgb(202, 166, 66)
HSL	hsl(44, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, 2.39, 54.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 54.93, 87.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% 0.0022 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.124 89)
XYZ	xyz(38.9788, 40.2247, 10.8643)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA642 #4266CA

analogous

#CA6242 #CAA642 #AACA42

triadic

#CAA642 #42CAA6 #A642CA

tetradic

#CAA642 #42CA62 #4266CA #CA42AA

square

#CAA642 #42CA62 #4266CA #CA42AA

split-complementary

#CAA642 #42AACA #6242CA

monochromatic

#725C20 #A2832D #CAA642 #D7BD72 #E5D3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#CAA642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#CAA642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA642

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA642	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)

#B8A436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 166, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.124 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec07b',
    500: '#caa642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa642;
$custom-light: #dec07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.118,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73912,
    "c": 0.12401,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.40222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA642

secondary

#96A6D1

accent

#70DF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA642

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

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