#CA9342#CA9342

#CA9342 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.118 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9342
RGB	rgb(202, 147, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(36, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, 12.65, 49.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 51.31, 75.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% 0.0321 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.118 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7765, 33.8201, 9.7969)
Luminance	0.3382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9342 #4279CA

analogous

#CA4F42 #CA9342 #BDCA42

triadic

#CA9342 #42CA93 #9342CA

tetradic

#CA9342 #42CA4F #4279CA #CA42BD

square

#CA9342 #42CA4F #4279CA #CA42BD

split-complementary

#CA9342 #42BDCA #4F42CA

monochromatic

#725120 #A2732D #CA9342 #D7AE72 #E5CAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#CA9342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#CA9342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9342

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9342	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 147, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.118 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb27a',
    500: '#ca9342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9342;
$custom-light: #deb27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.735,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70138,
    "c": 0.11751,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9342

secondary

#96AED1

accent

#85DF48

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5EE

border

#D5CFC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9342

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

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