#CAA949#CAA949

#CAA949 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.120 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA949
RGB	rgb(202, 169, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, 1.21, 52.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 52.67, 88.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.0003 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.12 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.7497, 41.4158, 12.2024)
Luminance	0.4141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA949 #496ACA

analogous

#CA6949 #CAA949 #ABCA49

triadic

#CAA949 #49CAA9 #A949CA

tetradic

#CAA949 #49CA69 #496ACA #CA49AB

square

#CAA949 #49CA69 #496ACA #CA49AB

split-complementary

#CAA949 #49ABCA #6949CA

monochromatic

#766122 #A68830 #CAA949 #D8BF78 #E6D6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#CAA949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#CAA949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA949

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA949	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 169, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.120 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc280',
    500: '#caa949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa949;
$custom-light: #ddc280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.651,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74592,
    "c": 0.12036,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA949

secondary

#9CAAD3

accent

#70DE4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA949

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

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