#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
RGBrgb(202, 168, 89)
HSLhsl(42, 52%, 57%)
HSVhsv(42, 56%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 16.8%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(70.38, 2.90, 44.94)
CIE-LCHlch(70.38, 45.03, 86.31°)
OKLaboklab(74.57% 0.0066 0.1058)
OKLCHoklch(74.57% 0.106 86.4)
XYZxyz(40.1647, 41.2853, 15.3025)
Luminance0.4128 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##CAA8591.002.279.269.26
#FFFFFF2.271.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2621.001.001.00
##0000009.2621.001.001.00

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

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#CAA859 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva