#CA9240#CA9240

#CA9240 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.119 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9240
RGB	rgb(202, 146, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, 13.08, 50.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 52.04, 75.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% 0.0331 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.119 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5637, 33.4873, 9.4401)
Luminance	0.3348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9240 #4078CA

analogous

#CA4D40 #CA9240 #BDCA40

triadic

#CA9240 #40CA92 #9240CA

tetradic

#CA9240 #40CA4D #4078CA #CA40BD

square

#CA9240 #40CA4D #4078CA #CA40BD

split-complementary

#CA9240 #40BDCA #4D40CA

monochromatic

#704F1F #A0712C #CA9240 #D7AD70 #E5C9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#CA9240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#CA9240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9240

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9240	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 146, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.119 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb178',
    500: '#ca9240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9240;
$custom-light: #deb178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.652,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69924,
    "c": 0.11877,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9240

secondary

#95ADD1

accent

#86E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9240

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

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