#CA8D42#CA8D42

#CA8D42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.117 H 69.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8D42
RGB	rgb(202, 141, 66)
HSL	hsl(33, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(33, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.34, 15.93, 48.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.34, 50.68, 71.69°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% 0.0417 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.117 69.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8677, 32.0026, 9.4939)
Luminance	0.3200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8D42 #427FCA

analogous

#CA4942 #CA8D42 #C3CA42

triadic

#CA8D42 #42CA8D #8D42CA

tetradic

#CA8D42 #42CA49 #427FCA #CA42C3

square

#CA8D42 #42CA49 #427FCA #CA42C3

split-complementary

#CA8D42 #42C3CA #4942CA

monochromatic

#724D20 #A26D2D #CA8D42 #D7AA72 #E5C7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#CA8D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#CA8D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8D42

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8D42	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)

#A2913A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7E7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 141, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.117 69.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deae79',
    500: '#ca8d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8d42;
$custom-light: #deae79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.088,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68987,
    "c": 0.11728,
    "h": 69.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8D42

secondary

#96B1D1

accent

#8CDF48

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8D42

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

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