#CA8840#CA8840

#CA8840 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.119 H 65.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8840
RGB	rgb(202, 136, 64)
HSL	hsl(31, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(31, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.12, 18.54, 47.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.12, 51.20, 68.77°)
OKLab	oklab(68.02% 0.0492 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(68.02% 0.119 65.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0891, 30.5380, 8.9486)
Luminance	0.3054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8840 #4082CA

analogous

#CA4340 #CA8840 #C7CA40

triadic

#CA8840 #40CA88 #8840CA

tetradic

#CA8840 #40CA43 #4082CA #CA40C7

square

#CA8840 #40CA43 #4082CA #CA40C7

split-complementary

#CA8840 #40C7CA #4340CA

monochromatic

#704A1F #A0692C #CA8840 #D7A670 #E5C4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#CA8840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#CA8840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8840

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8840	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7978

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 136, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.119 65.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfaa78',
    500: '#ca8840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8840;
$custom-light: #dfaa78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.304,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68024,
    "c": 0.11907,
    "h": 65.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8840

secondary

#95B2D1

accent

#91E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8840

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

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