#CAA659#CAA659

#CAA659 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.105 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA659
RGB	rgb(202, 166, 89)
HSL	hsl(41, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(41, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, 3.97, 44.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 44.51, 84.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% 0.0097 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.105 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.7983, 40.5525, 15.1804)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA659 #597DCA

analogous

#CA6E59 #CAA659 #B6CA59

triadic

#CAA659 #59CAA6 #A659CA

tetradic

#CAA659 #59CA6E #597DCA #CA59B6

square

#CAA659 #59CA6E #597DCA #CA59B6

split-complementary

#CAA659 #59B6CA #6E59CA

monochromatic

#806429 #AE8838 #CAA659 #D9BF87 #E8D8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#CAA659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#CAA659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA659

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA659	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 166, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.105 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc08a',
    500: '#caa659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa659;
$custom-light: #ddc08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.885,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7417,
    "c": 0.10487,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA659

secondary

#A8B7D6

accent

#7ADB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA659

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

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