#CAAA56#CAAA56

#CAAA56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.110 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAA56
RGB	rgb(202, 170, 86)
HSL	hsl(43, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(43, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 57.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, 1.60, 46.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 47.00, 88.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% 0.0024 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.11 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4133, 41.9800, 14.7766)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAA56 #5676CA

analogous

#CA7056 #CAAA56 #B0CA56

triadic

#CAAA56 #56CAAA #AA56CA

tetradic

#CAAA56 #56CA70 #5676CA #CA56B0

square

#CAAA56 #56CA70 #5676CA #CA56B0

split-complementary

#CAAA56 #56B0CA #7056CA

monochromatic

#7E6628 #AD8C36 #CAAA56 #D9C185 #E7D9B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CAAA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#CAAA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAA56

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAA56	1.00	2.24	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA84E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaa56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 170, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.110 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc388',
    500: '#caaa56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaa56;
$custom-light: #ddc388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaa56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.448,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74942,
    "c": 0.10988,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAA56

secondary

#A6B3D6

accent

#74DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAA56

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

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