#CA9A39#CA9A39

#CA9A39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.125 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9A39
RGB	rgb(202, 154, 57)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 71.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, 8.36, 55.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 56.12, 81.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% 0.0184 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.125 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6535, 35.9658, 8.8817)
Luminance	0.3596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9A39 #3969CA

analogous

#CA5139 #CA9A39 #B1CA39

triadic

#CA9A39 #39CA9A #9A39CA

tetradic

#CA9A39 #39CA51 #3969CA #CA39B1

square

#CA9A39 #39CA51 #3969CA #CA39B1

split-complementary

#CA9A39 #39B1CA #5139CA

monochromatic

#6C521D #9C762A #CA9A39 #D7B369 #E4CB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CA9A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#CA9A39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9A39

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9A39	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 154, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.125 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb775',
    500: '#ca9a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9a39;
$custom-light: #deb775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.138,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71424,
    "c": 0.12506,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9A39

secondary

#8FA5D0

accent

#7AE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9A39

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

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