#CA8B42#CA8B42

#CA8B42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.117 H 67.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8B42
RGB	rgb(202, 139, 66)
HSL	hsl(32, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(32, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.86, 17.02, 47.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.86, 50.53, 70.32°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% 0.045 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.117 67.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.5755, 31.4181, 9.3965)
Luminance	0.3141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8B42 #4281CA

analogous

#CA4742 #CA8B42 #C5CA42

triadic

#CA8B42 #42CA8B #8B42CA

tetradic

#CA8B42 #42CA47 #4281CA #CA42C5

square

#CA8B42 #42CA47 #4281CA #CA42C5

split-complementary

#CA8B42 #42C5CA #4742CA

monochromatic

#724C20 #A26C2D #CA8B42 #D7A872 #E5C6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#CA8B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#CA8B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8B42

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8B42	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7C7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 139, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.117 67.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfad79',
    500: '#ca8b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8b42;
$custom-light: #dfad79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.206,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68609,
    "c": 0.11741,
    "h": 67.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8B42

secondary

#96B2D1

accent

#8EDF48

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8B42

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

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