#CAAD57#CAAD57

#CAAD57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.111 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD57
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 56.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, 0.08, 47.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 47.41, 89.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0019 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.111 91)
XYZ	xyz(41.0227, 43.1339, 15.1799)
Luminance	0.4313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD57 #5774CA

analogous

#CA7457 #CAAD57 #ADCA57

triadic

#CAAD57 #57CAAD #AD57CA

tetradic

#CAAD57 #57CA74 #5774CA #CA57AD

square

#CAAD57 #57CA74 #5774CA #CA57AD

split-complementary

#CAAD57 #57ADCA #7457CA

monochromatic

#7F6928 #AD8F37 #CAAD57 #D9C486 #E7DAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CAAD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#CAAD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD57

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD57	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.111 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc589',
    500: '#caad57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad57;
$custom-light: #ddc589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.87,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75568,
    "c": 0.11092,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.43132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD57

secondary

#A7B3D6

accent

#70DB4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD57

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

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