#CA9642#CA9642

#CA9642 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.118 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9642
RGB	rgb(202, 150, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(37, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, 11.02, 50.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 51.72, 77.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% 0.0273 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.118 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2491, 34.7653, 9.9544)
Luminance	0.3476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9642 #4276CA

analogous

#CA5242 #CA9642 #BACA42

triadic

#CA9642 #42CA96 #9642CA

tetradic

#CA9642 #42CA52 #4276CA #CA42BA

square

#CA9642 #42CA52 #4276CA #CA42BA

split-complementary

#CA9642 #42BACA #5242CA

monochromatic

#725220 #A2752D #CA9642 #D7B172 #E5CBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#CA9642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#CA9642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9642

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9642	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 150, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.118 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb47a',
    500: '#ca9642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9642;
$custom-light: #deb47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.059,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70721,
    "c": 0.11796,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9642

secondary

#96ADD1

accent

#82DF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9642

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

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