#CA9042#CA9042

#CA9042 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.117 H 71.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9042
RGB	rgb(202, 144, 66)
HSL	hsl(34, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(34, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, 14.29, 48.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 50.96, 73.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% 0.0369 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.117 71.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3161, 32.8993, 9.6434)
Luminance	0.3290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9042 #427CCA

analogous

#CA4C42 #CA9042 #C0CA42

triadic

#CA9042 #42CA90 #9042CA

tetradic

#CA9042 #42CA4C #427CCA #CA42C0

square

#CA9042 #42CA4C #427CCA #CA42C0

split-complementary

#CA9042 #42C0CA #4C42CA

monochromatic

#724F20 #A2702D #CA9042 #D7AC72 #E5C8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#CA9042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#CA9042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9042

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9042	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB817F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 144, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.117 71.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb07a',
    500: '#ca9042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9042;
$custom-light: #deb07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.412,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6956,
    "c": 0.11728,
    "h": 71.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9042

secondary

#96B0D1

accent

#89DF48

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9042

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

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