#CA9142#CA9142

#CA9142 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.117 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9142
RGB	rgb(202, 145, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(35, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, 13.74, 49.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 51.07, 74.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% 0.0353 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.117 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4682, 33.2035, 9.6941)
Luminance	0.3320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9142 #427BCA

analogous

#CA4D42 #CA9142 #BFCA42

triadic

#CA9142 #42CA91 #9142CA

tetradic

#CA9142 #42CA4D #427BCA #CA42BF

square

#CA9142 #42CA4D #427BCA #CA42BF

split-complementary

#CA9142 #42BFCA #4D42CA

monochromatic

#724F20 #A2712D #CA9142 #D7AD72 #E5C9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#CA9142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#CA9142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9142

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9142	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 145, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.117 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb17a',
    500: '#ca9142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9142;
$custom-light: #deb17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.853,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69752,
    "c": 0.11733,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9142

secondary

#96AFD1

accent

#88DF48

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9142

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

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