#CA9442#CA9442

#CA9442 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.118 H 75.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9442
RGB	rgb(202, 148, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(36, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.07, 12.11, 49.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.07, 51.44, 76.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% 0.0305 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.118 75)
XYZ	xyz(35.9327, 34.1325, 9.8489)
Luminance	0.3413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9442 #4278CA

analogous

#CA5042 #CA9442 #BCCA42

triadic

#CA9442 #42CA94 #9442CA

tetradic

#CA9442 #42CA50 #4278CA #CA42BC

square

#CA9442 #42CA50 #4278CA #CA42BC

split-complementary

#CA9442 #42BCCA #5042CA

monochromatic

#725120 #A2732D #CA9442 #D7AF72 #E5CAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#CA9442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#CA9442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9442

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9442	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 148, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.118 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb37a',
    500: '#ca9442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9442;
$custom-light: #deb37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.176,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70332,
    "c": 0.11763,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.3413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9442

secondary

#96AED1

accent

#84DF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9442

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

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