#CA9740#CA9740

#CA9740 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.120 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9740
RGB	rgb(202, 151, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.2%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, 10.36, 51.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 52.73, 78.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% 0.0251 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.12 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3514, 35.0626, 9.7027)
Luminance	0.3506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9740 #4073CA

analogous

#CA5240 #CA9740 #B8CA40

triadic

#CA9740 #40CA97 #9740CA

tetradic

#CA9740 #40CA52 #4073CA #CA40B8

square

#CA9740 #40CA52 #4073CA #CA40B8

split-complementary

#CA9740 #40B8CA #5240CA

monochromatic

#70521F #A0762C #CA9740 #D7B170 #E5CBA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#CA9740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#CA9740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9740

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9740	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 151, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.120 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb579',
    500: '#ca9740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9740;
$custom-light: #deb579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.826,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70897,
    "c": 0.11958,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9740

secondary

#95ABD1

accent

#80E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9740

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

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