#CA8F42#CA8F42

#CA8F42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.117 H 70.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8F42
RGB	rgb(202, 143, 66)
HSL	hsl(34, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(34, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.2%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.83, 14.83, 48.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.83, 50.86, 73.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.37% 0.0385 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(69.37% 0.117 70.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1653, 32.5977, 9.5931)
Luminance	0.3260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8F42 #427DCA

analogous

#CA4B42 #CA8F42 #C1CA42

triadic

#CA8F42 #42CA8F #8F42CA

tetradic

#CA8F42 #42CA4B #427DCA #CA42C1

square

#CA8F42 #42CA4B #427DCA #CA42C1

split-complementary

#CA8F42 #42C1CA #4B42CA

monochromatic

#724E20 #A26F2D #CA8F42 #D7AB72 #E5C8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#CA8F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#CA8F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8F42

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8F42	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3923A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB807E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 143, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.117 70.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deaf7a',
    500: '#ca8f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8f42;
$custom-light: #deaf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.971,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69368,
    "c": 0.11725,
    "h": 70.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8F42

secondary

#96B0D1

accent

#8ADF48

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8F42

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

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