#CA9942#CA9942

#CA9942 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.119 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9942
RGB	rgb(202, 153, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, 9.39, 51.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 52.19, 79.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% 0.0225 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.119 79)
XYZ	xyz(36.7340, 35.7350, 10.1160)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9942 #4273CA

analogous

#CA5542 #CA9942 #B7CA42

triadic

#CA9942 #42CA99 #9942CA

tetradic

#CA9942 #42CA55 #4273CA #CA42B7

square

#CA9942 #42CA55 #4273CA #CA42B7

split-complementary

#CA9942 #42B7CA #5542CA

monochromatic

#725420 #A2782D #CA9942 #D7B372 #E5CDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#CA9942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#CA9942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9942

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9942	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 153, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.119 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb67a',
    500: '#ca9942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9942;
$custom-light: #deb67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.382,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7131,
    "c": 0.11865,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.35732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9942

secondary

#96ACD1

accent

#7FDF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9942

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

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