#CA8A40#CA8A40

#CA8A40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.119 H 67.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8A40
RGB	rgb(202, 138, 64)
HSL	hsl(32, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(32, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.60, 17.45, 48.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.60, 51.31, 70.12°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% 0.046 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.119 67.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3734, 31.1066, 9.0433)
Luminance	0.3110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8A40 #4080CA

analogous

#CA4540 #CA8A40 #C5CA40

triadic

#CA8A40 #40CA8A #8A40CA

tetradic

#CA8A40 #40CA45 #4080CA #CA40C5

square

#CA8A40 #40CA45 #4080CA #CA40C5

split-complementary

#CA8A40 #40C5CA #4540CA

monochromatic

#704B1F #A06B2C #CA8A40 #D7A770 #E5C5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#CA8A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#CA8A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8A40

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8A40	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7B7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 138, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.119 67.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfac78',
    500: '#ca8a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8a40;
$custom-light: #dfac78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.174,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68399,
    "c": 0.11881,
    "h": 67.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8A40

secondary

#95B1D1

accent

#8EE048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8A40

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

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