#CA9842#CA9842

#CA9842 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.118 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9842
RGB	rgb(202, 152, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.8%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, 9.93, 51.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 52.03, 78.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% 0.0241 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.118 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5710, 35.4090, 10.0617)
Luminance	0.3541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9842 #4274CA

analogous

#CA5442 #CA9842 #B8CA42

triadic

#CA9842 #42CA98 #9842CA

tetradic

#CA9842 #42CA54 #4274CA #CA42B8

square

#CA9842 #42CA54 #4274CA #CA42B8

split-complementary

#CA9842 #42B8CA #5442CA

monochromatic

#725420 #A2772D #CA9842 #D7B272 #E5CCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#CA9842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#CA9842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9842

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9842	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)

#AB9938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 152, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.118 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb67a',
    500: '#ca9842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9842;
$custom-light: #deb67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.941,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71113,
    "c": 0.1184,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9842

secondary

#96ACD1

accent

#80DF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9842

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

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