#CA8942#CA8942

#CA8942 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.118 H 65.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8942
RGB	rgb(202, 137, 66)
HSL	hsl(31, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(31, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.38, 18.11, 47.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.38, 50.41, 68.95°)
OKLab	oklab(68.23% 0.0482 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(68.23% 0.118 65.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2885, 30.8442, 9.3009)
Luminance	0.3084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8942 #4283CA

analogous

#CA4542 #CA8942 #C7CA42

triadic

#CA8942 #42CA89 #8942CA

tetradic

#CA8942 #42CA45 #4283CA #CA42C7

square

#CA8942 #42CA45 #4283CA #CA42C7

split-complementary

#CA8942 #42C7CA #4542CA

monochromatic

#724B20 #A26A2D #CA8942 #D7A772 #E5C5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#CA8942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#CA8942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8942

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8942	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7A79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 137, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.118 65.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfab79',
    500: '#ca8942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8942;
$custom-light: #dfab79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.324,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68233,
    "c": 0.11765,
    "h": 65.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8942

secondary

#96B3D1

accent

#91DF48

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8942

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

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