#CA9948#CA9948

#CA9948 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.114 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9948
RGB	rgb(202, 153, 72)
HSL	hsl(37, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 64.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, 9.76, 48.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 49.57, 78.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% 0.0244 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.114 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9202, 35.8095, 11.0970)
Luminance	0.3581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9948 #4879CA

analogous

#CA5848 #CA9948 #BACA48

triadic

#CA9948 #48CA99 #9948CA

tetradic

#CA9948 #48CA58 #4879CA #CA48BA

square

#CA9948 #48CA58 #4879CA #CA48BA

split-complementary

#CA9948 #48BACA #5848CA

monochromatic

#765622 #A57930 #CA9948 #D8B377 #E5CEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#CA9948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#CA9948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9948

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9948	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)

#AC9A40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 153, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.114 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb67e',
    500: '#ca9948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9948;
$custom-light: #deb67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.385,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71373,
    "c": 0.11421,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9948

secondary

#9BB0D3

accent

#82DE49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9948

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

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