#CAAB51#CAAB51

#CAAB51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.115 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAB51
RGB	rgb(202, 171, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, 0.69, 49.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 49.61, 89.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.0008 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.115 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.4071, 42.2786, 13.8152)
Luminance	0.4228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAB51 #5170CA

analogous

#CA6E51 #CAAB51 #ACCA51

triadic

#CAAB51 #51CAAB #AB51CA

tetradic

#CAAB51 #51CA6E #5170CA #CA51AC

square

#CAAB51 #51CA6E #5170CA #CA51AC

split-complementary

#CAAB51 #51ACCA #6E51CA

monochromatic

#7B6525 #AA8C34 #CAAB51 #D8C280 #E7D8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CAAB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#CAAB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAB51

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAB51	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caab51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 171, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.115 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc385',
    500: '#caab51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caab51;
$custom-light: #ddc385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caab51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.628,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75087,
    "c": 0.11494,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAB51

secondary

#A2AFD5

accent

#70DD4B

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAB51

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

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