#CA9946#CA9946

#CA9946 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.116 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9946
RGB	rgb(202, 153, 70)
HSL	hsl(38, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 65.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, 9.63, 49.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 50.46, 78.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% 0.0238 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.116 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8560, 35.7838, 10.7590)
Luminance	0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9946 #4677CA

analogous

#CA5746 #CA9946 #B9CA46

triadic

#CA9946 #46CA99 #9946CA

tetradic

#CA9946 #46CA57 #4677CA #CA46B9

square

#CA9946 #46CA57 #4677CA #CA46B9

split-complementary

#CA9946 #46B9CA #5746CA

monochromatic

#745521 #A4782F #CA9946 #D8B376 #E5CDA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#CA9946 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#CA9946 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9946

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9946	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9946	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9946;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 153, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.116 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb67d',
    500: '#ca9946',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9946;
$custom-light: #deb67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9946",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.727,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71351,
    "c": 0.11572,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9946

secondary

#9AAFD2

accent

#81DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9946

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

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