#CA9742#CA9742

#CA9742 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.118 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9742
RGB	rgb(202, 151, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.2%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, 10.48, 50.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 51.87, 78.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% 0.0257 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.118 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4093, 35.0858, 10.0078)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9742 #4275CA

analogous

#CA5342 #CA9742 #B9CA42

triadic

#CA9742 #42CA97 #9742CA

tetradic

#CA9742 #42CA53 #4275CA #CA42B9

square

#CA9742 #42CA53 #4275CA #CA42B9

split-complementary

#CA9742 #42B9CA #5342CA

monochromatic

#725320 #A2762D #CA9742 #D7B172 #E5CCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#CA9742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#CA9742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9742

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9742	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 151, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.118 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb57a',
    500: '#ca9742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9742;
$custom-light: #deb57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70917,
    "c": 0.11817,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9742

secondary

#96ADD1

accent

#81DF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9742

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

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