#CA8842#CA8842

#CA8842 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.118 H 65.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8842
RGB	rgb(202, 136, 66)
HSL	hsl(31, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(31, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.14, 18.66, 46.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.14, 50.37, 68.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% 0.0498 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.118 65)
XYZ	xyz(34.1471, 30.5612, 9.2537)
Luminance	0.3056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8842 #4284CA

analogous

#CA4442 #CA8842 #C8CA42

triadic

#CA8842 #42CA88 #8842CA

tetradic

#CA8842 #42CA44 #4284CA #CA42C8

square

#CA8842 #42CA44 #4284CA #CA42C8

split-complementary

#CA8842 #42C8CA #4442CA

monochromatic

#724A20 #A2692D #CA8842 #D7A672 #E5C4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#CA8842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#CA8842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8842

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8842	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)

#9D8D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 136, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.118 65.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfaa79',
    500: '#ca8842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8842;
$custom-light: #dfaa79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.882,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68046,
    "c": 0.11781,
    "h": 65
  },
  "luminance": 0.30558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8842

secondary

#96B3D1

accent

#92DF48

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8842

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

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