#CAA856#CAA856

#CAA856 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.109 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA856
RGB	rgb(202, 168, 86)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 57.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, 2.66, 46.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 46.45, 86.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% 0.0055 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.109 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.0413, 41.2359, 14.6526)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA856 #5678CA

analogous

#CA6E56 #CAA856 #B2CA56

triadic

#CAA856 #56CAA8 #A856CA

tetradic

#CAA856 #56CA6E #5678CA #CA56B2

square

#CAA856 #56CA6E #5678CA #CA56B2

split-complementary

#CAA856 #56B2CA #6E56CA

monochromatic

#7E6528 #AD8A36 #CAA856 #D9C085 #E7D8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#CAA856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#CAA856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA856

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA856	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 168, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.109 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc188',
    500: '#caa856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa856;
$custom-light: #ddc188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.414,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74536,
    "c": 0.10869,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA856

secondary

#A6B4D6

accent

#76DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA856

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

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