#CA8542#CA8542

#CA8542 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.118 H 62.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8542
RGB	rgb(202, 133, 66)
HSL	hsl(30, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(30, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.2%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.42, 20.29, 45.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.42, 50.27, 66.19°)
OKLab	oklab(67.49% 0.0547 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(67.49% 0.118 62.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7304, 29.7280, 9.1148)
Luminance	0.2973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8542 #4287CA

analogous

#CA4243 #CA8542 #CAC942

triadic

#CA8542 #42CA85 #8542CA

tetradic

#CA8542 #43CA42 #4287CA #C942CA

square

#CA8542 #43CA42 #4287CA #C942CA

split-complementary

#CA8542 #42CAC9 #4243CA

monochromatic

#724820 #A2672D #CA8542 #D7A472 #E5C3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#CA8542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#CA8542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8542

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8542	1.00	3.02	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8B3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7676

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 133, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.118 62.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa879',
    500: '#ca8542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8542;
$custom-light: #dfa879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.559,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6749,
    "c": 0.11844,
    "h": 62.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8542

secondary

#96B4D1

accent

#95DF48

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8542

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

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