#CA9940#CA9940

#CA9940 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.120 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9940
RGB	rgb(202, 153, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(39, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, 9.28, 52.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 53.05, 79.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% 0.0219 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.12 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6760, 35.7118, 9.8109)
Luminance	0.3571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9940 #4071CA

analogous

#CA5440 #CA9940 #B6CA40

triadic

#CA9940 #40CA99 #9940CA

tetradic

#CA9940 #40CA54 #4071CA #CA40B6

square

#CA9940 #40CA54 #4071CA #CA40B6

split-complementary

#CA9940 #40B6CA #5440CA

monochromatic

#70541F #A0772C #CA9940 #D7B370 #E5CCA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#CA9940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#CA9940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9940

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9940	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 153, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.120 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb679',
    500: '#ca9940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9940;
$custom-light: #deb679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.696,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7129,
    "c": 0.12006,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9940

secondary

#95AAD1

accent

#7EE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9940

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

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