#CA9843#CA9843

#CA9843 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.118 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9843
RGB	rgb(202, 152, 67)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.8%, 66.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, 9.99, 50.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 51.60, 78.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% 0.0244 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.118 78)
XYZ	xyz(36.6007, 35.4209, 10.2183)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9843 #4375CA

analogous

#CA5443 #CA9843 #B8CA43

triadic

#CA9843 #43CA98 #9843CA

tetradic

#CA9843 #43CA54 #4375CA #CA43B8

square

#CA9843 #43CA54 #4375CA #CA43B8

split-complementary

#CA9843 #43B8CA #5443CA

monochromatic

#725420 #A2772E #CA9843 #D7B273 #E5CCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#CA9843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#CA9843 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9843

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9843	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)

#AB993A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 152, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.118 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb67b',
    500: '#ca9843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9843;
$custom-light: #deb67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.778,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71123,
    "c": 0.11768,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.35418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9843

secondary

#97ADD2

accent

#80DF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9843

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

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