#CA8E42#CA8E42

#CA8E42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.117 H 70.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8E42
RGB	rgb(202, 142, 66)
HSL	hsl(34, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(34, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.59, 15.38, 48.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.59, 50.77, 72.37°)
OKLab	oklab(69.18% 0.0401 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(69.18% 0.117 70)
XYZ	xyz(35.0158, 32.2988, 9.5433)
Luminance	0.3230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8E42 #427ECA

analogous

#CA4A42 #CA8E42 #C2CA42

triadic

#CA8E42 #42CA8E #8E42CA

tetradic

#CA8E42 #42CA4A #427ECA #CA42C2

square

#CA8E42 #42CA4A #427ECA #CA42C2

split-complementary

#CA8E42 #42C2CA #4A42CA

monochromatic

#724E20 #A26E2D #CA8E42 #D7AB72 #E5C7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#CA8E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#CA8E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8E42

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8E42	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2923A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 142, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.117 70.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deaf79',
    500: '#ca8e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8e42;
$custom-light: #deaf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.529,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69178,
    "c": 0.11725,
    "h": 70
  },
  "luminance": 0.32296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8E42

secondary

#96B0D1

accent

#8BDF48

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8E42

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

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