#CA9040#CA9040

#CA9040 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.119 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9040
RGB	rgb(202, 144, 64)
HSL	hsl(35, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(35, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.06, 14.17, 49.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.06, 51.81, 74.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% 0.0363 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.119 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2581, 32.8761, 9.3383)
Luminance	0.3287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9040 #407ACA

analogous

#CA4B40 #CA9040 #BFCA40

triadic

#CA9040 #40CA90 #9040CA

tetradic

#CA9040 #40CA4B #407ACA #CA40BF

square

#CA9040 #40CA4B #407ACA #CA40BF

split-complementary

#CA9040 #40BFCA #4B40CA

monochromatic

#704E1F #A0702C #CA9040 #D7AC70 #E5C8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#CA9040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#CA9040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9040

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9040	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB817F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 144, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.119 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb078',
    500: '#ca9040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9040;
$custom-light: #deb078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.783,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69539,
    "c": 0.11863,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9040

secondary

#95AED1

accent

#88E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9040

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

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