#CAA859#CAA859

#CAA859 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.106 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA859
RGB	rgb(202, 168, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, 2.90, 44.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 45.03, 86.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% 0.0066 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.106 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.1647, 41.2853, 15.3025)
Luminance	0.4128 (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

#CAA859 #597BCA

analogous

#CA7059 #CAA859 #B4CA59

triadic

#CAA859 #59CAA8 #A859CA

tetradic

#CAA859 #59CA70 #597BCA #CA59B4

square

#CAA859 #59CA70 #597BCA #CA59B4

split-complementary

#CAA859 #59B4CA #7059CA

monochromatic

#806629 #AE8B38 #CAA859 #D9C087 #E8D9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#CAA859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#CAA859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA859

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA859	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 168, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.106 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc18a',
    500: '#caa859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa859;
$custom-light: #ddc18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.947,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74574,
    "c": 0.10595,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA859

secondary

#A8B6D6

accent

#78DB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA859

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

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