#CAAD59#CAAD59

#CAAD59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.109 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAAD59
RGB	rgb(202, 173, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, 0.24, 46.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 46.46, 89.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.0012 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.109 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.1056, 43.1670, 15.6162)
Luminance	0.4316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAAD59 #5976CA

analogous

#CA7559 #CAAD59 #AECA59

triadic

#CAAD59 #59CAAD #AD59CA

tetradic

#CAAD59 #59CA75 #5976CA #CA59AE

square

#CAAD59 #59CA75 #5976CA #CA59AE

split-complementary

#CAAD59 #59AECA #7559CA

monochromatic

#806929 #AE9038 #CAAD59 #D9C487 #E8DBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CAAD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#CAAD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAAD59

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAAD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAAD59	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)

#BDAB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caad59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 173, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.109 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc58a',
    500: '#caad59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caad59;
$custom-light: #ddc58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caad59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.602,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75593,
    "c": 0.10907,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAAD59

secondary

#A8B4D6

accent

#71DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAAD59

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

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