#CA8A41#CA8A41

#CA8A41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.118 H 67.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8A41
RGB	rgb(202, 138, 65)
HSL	hsl(32, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(32, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 67.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.61, 17.51, 47.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.61, 50.89, 69.88°)
OKLab	oklab(68.41% 0.0463 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(68.41% 0.118 67)
XYZ	xyz(34.4021, 31.1181, 9.1946)
Luminance	0.3111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8A41 #4181CA

analogous

#CA4641 #CA8A41 #C6CA41

triadic

#CA8A41 #41CA8A #8A41CA

tetradic

#CA8A41 #41CA46 #4181CA #CA41C6

square

#CA8A41 #41CA46 #4181CA #CA41C6

split-complementary

#CA8A41 #41C6CA #4641CA

monochromatic

#714B20 #A16B2D #CA8A41 #D7A771 #E5C5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#CA8A41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#CA8A41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8A41

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8A41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8A41	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)

#9F8F39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7B7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8a41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 138, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.118 67.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfac79',
    500: '#ca8a41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8a41;
$custom-light: #dfac79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8a41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.971,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6841,
    "c": 0.11816,
    "h": 67
  },
  "luminance": 0.31115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8A41

secondary

#96B1D1

accent

#8FE048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8A41

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

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