#CAAA59#CAAA59

#CAAA59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.107 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAA59
RGB	rgb(202, 170, 89)
HSL	hsl(43, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(43, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, 1.83, 45.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 45.59, 87.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% 0.0035 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.107 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.5368, 42.0294, 15.4266)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAA59 #5979CA

analogous

#CA7259 #CAAA59 #B1CA59

triadic

#CAAA59 #59CAAA #AA59CA

tetradic

#CAAA59 #59CA72 #5979CA #CA59B1

square

#CAAA59 #59CA72 #5979CA #CA59B1

split-complementary

#CAAA59 #59B1CA #7259CA

monochromatic

#806729 #AE8D38 #CAAA59 #D9C287 #E8DAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CAAA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#CAAA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAA59

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAA59	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaa59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 170, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.107 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc38a',
    500: '#caaa59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaa59;
$custom-light: #ddc38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaa59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.009,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7498,
    "c": 0.10713,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAA59

secondary

#A8B5D6

accent

#75DB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAA59

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

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