#CAAA61#CAAA61

#CAAA61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.100 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAA61
RGB	rgb(202, 170, 97)
HSL	hsl(42, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 52%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 52%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, 2.50, 41.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 41.75, 86.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% 0.0064 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.1 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.8911, 42.1712, 17.2929)
Luminance	0.4217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAA61 #6181CA

analogous

#CA7561 #CAAA61 #B5CA61

triadic

#CAAA61 #61CAAA #AA61CA

tetradic

#CAAA61 #61CA75 #6181CA #CA61B5

square

#CAAA61 #61CA75 #6181CA #CA61B5

split-complementary

#CAAA61 #61B5CA #7561CA

monochromatic

#84692C #B28E3C #CAAA61 #D9C38F #E9DBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CAAA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#CAAA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAA61

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAA61	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA95B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caaa61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 170, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.100 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc38f',
    500: '#caaa61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caaa61;
$custom-light: #dcc38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caaa61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.714,
    "s": 49.763,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75089,
    "c": 0.09951,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAA61

secondary

#AFBBD8

accent

#79D94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAA61

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

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