#CA8A45#CA8A45

#CA8A45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.116 H 65.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8A45
RGB	rgb(202, 138, 69)
HSL	hsl(31, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(31, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 65.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, 17.75, 45.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 49.20, 68.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.45% 0.0476 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(68.45% 0.116 65.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5221, 31.1661, 9.8266)
Luminance	0.3116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8A45 #4585CA

analogous

#CA4745 #CA8A45 #C7CA45

triadic

#CA8A45 #45CA8A #8A45CA

tetradic

#CA8A45 #45CA47 #4585CA #CA45C7

square

#CA8A45 #45CA47 #4585CA #CA45C7

split-complementary

#CA8A45 #45C7CA #4745CA

monochromatic

#744C21 #A36B2F #CA8A45 #D8A875 #E5C6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#CA8A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#CA8A45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8A45

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8A45	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	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)

#9F8F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7B7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 138, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.116 65.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deac7b',
    500: '#ca8a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8a45;
$custom-light: #deac7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.128,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68454,
    "c": 0.11555,
    "h": 65.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8A45

secondary

#99B4D2

accent

#91DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8A45

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

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