#CA9840#CA9840

#CA9840 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.120 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9840
RGB	rgb(202, 152, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.8%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, 9.82, 51.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 52.88, 79.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% 0.0235 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.12 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5130, 35.3859, 9.7565)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9840 #4072CA

analogous

#CA5340 #CA9840 #B7CA40

triadic

#CA9840 #40CA98 #9840CA

tetradic

#CA9840 #40CA53 #4072CA #CA40B7

square

#CA9840 #40CA53 #4072CA #CA40B7

split-complementary

#CA9840 #40B7CA #5340CA

monochromatic

#70531F #A0762C #CA9840 #D7B270 #E5CCA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#CA9840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#CA9840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9840

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9840	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 152, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.120 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb679',
    500: '#ca9840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9840;
$custom-light: #deb679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.261,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71093,
    "c": 0.11981,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9840

secondary

#95ABD1

accent

#7FE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9840

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

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