#CAA649#CAA649

#CAA649 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.119 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA649
RGB	rgb(202, 166, 73)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, 2.81, 51.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 51.88, 86.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% 0.0043 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.119 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.1979, 40.3123, 12.0185)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA649 #496DCA

analogous

#CA6649 #CAA649 #AECA49

triadic

#CAA649 #49CAA6 #A649CA

tetradic

#CAA649 #49CA66 #496DCA #CA49AE

square

#CAA649 #49CA66 #496DCA #CA49AE

split-complementary

#CAA649 #49AECA #6649CA

monochromatic

#765F22 #A68530 #CAA649 #D8BD78 #E6D4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#CAA649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#CAA649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA649

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA649	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)

#B8A53F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 166, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.119 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc07f',
    500: '#caa649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa649;
$custom-light: #ddc07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.256,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73981,
    "c": 0.11863,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA649

secondary

#9CABD3

accent

#73DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA649

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

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