#CA8A42#CA8A42

#CA8A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.118 H 66.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8A42
RGB	rgb(202, 138, 66)
HSL	hsl(32, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(32, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.62, 17.56, 47.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.62, 50.47, 69.63°)
OKLab	oklab(68.42% 0.0466 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(68.42% 0.118 66.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.4314, 31.1298, 9.3485)
Luminance	0.3113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8A42 #4282CA

analogous

#CA4642 #CA8A42 #C6CA42

triadic

#CA8A42 #42CA8A #8A42CA

tetradic

#CA8A42 #42CA46 #4282CA #CA42C6

square

#CA8A42 #42CA46 #4282CA #CA42C6

split-complementary

#CA8A42 #42C6CA #4642CA

monochromatic

#724B20 #A26B2D #CA8A42 #D7A872 #E5C5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#CA8A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#CA8A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8A42

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8A42	1.00	2.91	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7B7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 138, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.118 66.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfac79',
    500: '#ca8a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8a42;
$custom-light: #dfac79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.765,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68421,
    "c": 0.11752,
    "h": 66.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8A42

secondary

#96B2D1

accent

#8FDF48

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8A42

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

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