#CA8E40#CA8E40

#CA8E40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.119 H 70.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8E40
RGB	rgb(202, 142, 64)
HSL	hsl(34, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(34, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.57, 15.26, 49.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.57, 51.62, 72.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% 0.0395 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.119 70.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9579, 32.2756, 9.2382)
Luminance	0.3227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8E40 #407CCA

analogous

#CA4940 #CA8E40 #C1CA40

triadic

#CA8E40 #40CA8E #8E40CA

tetradic

#CA8E40 #40CA49 #407CCA #CA40C1

square

#CA8E40 #40CA49 #407CCA #CA40C1

split-complementary

#CA8E40 #40C1CA #4940CA

monochromatic

#704D1F #A06E2C #CA8E40 #D7AA70 #E5C7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#CA8E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#CA8E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8E40

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8E40	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 142, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.119 70.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfaf78',
    500: '#ca8e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8e40;
$custom-light: #dfaf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.913,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69157,
    "c": 0.11858,
    "h": 70.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8E40

secondary

#95AFD1

accent

#8AE048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8E40

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

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