#CA8D40#CA8D40

#CA8D40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.119 H 69.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8D40
RGB	rgb(202, 141, 64)
HSL	hsl(33, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(33, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.33, 15.81, 49.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.33, 51.53, 72.13°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% 0.0411 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.119 69.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.8098, 31.9794, 9.1888)
Luminance	0.3198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8D40 #407DCA

analogous

#CA4840 #CA8D40 #C2CA40

triadic

#CA8D40 #40CA8D #8D40CA

tetradic

#CA8D40 #40CA48 #407DCA #CA40C2

square

#CA8D40 #40CA48 #407DCA #CA40C2

split-complementary

#CA8D40 #40C2CA #4840CA

monochromatic

#704D1F #A06D2C #CA8D40 #D7AA70 #E5C6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#CA8D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#CA8D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8D40

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8D40	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 141, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.119 69.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfae78',
    500: '#ca8d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8d40;
$custom-light: #dfae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.478,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68966,
    "c": 0.1186,
    "h": 69.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8D40

secondary

#95AFD1

accent

#8BE048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8D40

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

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