#CA8442#CA8442

#CA8442 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.119 H 61.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8442
RGB	rgb(202, 132, 66)
HSL	hsl(29, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(29, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.7%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.18, 20.84, 45.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.18, 50.25, 65.50°)
OKLab	oklab(67.31% 0.0563 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(67.31% 0.119 61.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5942, 29.4555, 9.0694)
Luminance	0.2945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8442 #4288CA

analogous

#CA4244 #CA8442 #CAC842

triadic

#CA8442 #42CA84 #8442CA

tetradic

#CA8442 #44CA42 #4288CA #C842CA

square

#CA8442 #44CA42 #4288CA #C842CA

split-complementary

#CA8442 #42CAC8 #4244CA

monochromatic

#724820 #A2662D #CA8442 #D7A372 #E5C2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#CA8442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#CA8442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8442

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8442	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 132, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.119 61.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa879',
    500: '#ca8442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8442;
$custom-light: #dfa879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.118,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67305,
    "c": 0.11869,
    "h": 61.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8442

secondary

#96B5D1

accent

#96DF48

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8442

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

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