#CA9540#CA9540

#CA9540 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.119 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9540
RGB	rgb(202, 149, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(37, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, 11.45, 51.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 52.43, 77.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% 0.0283 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.119 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.0323, 34.4244, 9.5963)
Luminance	0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9540 #4075CA

analogous

#CA5040 #CA9540 #BACA40

triadic

#CA9540 #40CA95 #9540CA

tetradic

#CA9540 #40CA50 #4075CA #CA40BA

square

#CA9540 #40CA50 #4075CA #CA40BA

split-complementary

#CA9540 #40BACA #5040CA

monochromatic

#70511F #A0742C #CA9540 #D7B070 #E5CAA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#CA9540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#CA9540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9540

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9540	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 149, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.119 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb479',
    500: '#ca9540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9540;
$custom-light: #deb479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.957,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70506,
    "c": 0.11918,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9540

secondary

#95ACD1

accent

#82E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9540

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

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