#CA8A43#CA8A43

#CA8A43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.117 H 66.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8A43
RGB	rgb(202, 138, 67)
HSL	hsl(32, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(32, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 66.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.63, 17.62, 46.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.63, 50.05, 69.38°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% 0.0469 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.117 66.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4611, 31.1417, 9.5051)
Luminance	0.3114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8A43 #4383CA

analogous

#CA4743 #CA8A43 #C6CA43

triadic

#CA8A43 #43CA8A #8A43CA

tetradic

#CA8A43 #43CA47 #4383CA #CA43C6

square

#CA8A43 #43CA47 #4383CA #CA43C6

split-complementary

#CA8A43 #43C6CA #4743CA

monochromatic

#724B20 #A26B2E #CA8A43 #D7A873 #E5C5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#CA8A43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#CA8A43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8A43

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8A43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8A43	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)

#9F8F3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7B7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8a43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 138, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.117 66.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfac7a',
    500: '#ca8a43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8a43;
$custom-light: #dfac7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8a43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.556,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68432,
    "c": 0.11686,
    "h": 66.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8A43

secondary

#97B3D2

accent

#90DF48

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8A43

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

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