#CAA962#CAA962

#CAA962 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.098 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA962
RGB	rgb(202, 169, 98)
HSL	hsl(41, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(41, 51%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 51.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, 3.13, 40.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 40.98, 85.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% 0.0083 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.098 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7513, 41.8164, 17.4778)
Luminance	0.4181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA962 #6283CA

analogous

#CA7562 #CAA962 #B7CA62

triadic

#CAA962 #62CAA9 #A962CA

tetradic

#CAA962 #62CA75 #6283CA #CA62B7

square

#CAA962 #62CA75 #6283CA #CA62B7

split-complementary

#CAA962 #62B7CA #7562CA

monochromatic

#85692D #B38D3C #CAA962 #D9C290 #E9DBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CAA962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#CAA962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA962

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA962	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A85C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 169, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.098 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc290',
    500: '#caa962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa962;
$custom-light: #dcc290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.962,
    "s": 49.524,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.749,
    "c": 0.09796,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA962

secondary

#AFBCD8

accent

#7BD94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA962

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

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