#CAA956#CAA956

#CAA956 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.109 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA956
RGB	rgb(202, 169, 86)
HSL	hsl(43, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(43, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 57.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, 2.13, 46.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 46.72, 87.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% 0.004 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.109 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2266, 41.6066, 14.7143)
Luminance	0.4160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA956 #5677CA

analogous

#CA6F56 #CAA956 #B1CA56

triadic

#CAA956 #56CAA9 #A956CA

tetradic

#CAA956 #56CA6F #5677CA #CA56B1

square

#CAA956 #56CA6F #5677CA #CA56B1

split-complementary

#CAA956 #56B1CA #6F56CA

monochromatic

#7E6528 #AD8B36 #CAA956 #D9C185 #E7D8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CAA956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#CAA956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA956

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA956	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 169, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.109 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc288',
    500: '#caa956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa956;
$custom-light: #ddc288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.931,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74739,
    "c": 0.10927,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA956

secondary

#A6B4D6

accent

#75DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA956

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

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