#CA9A40#CA9A40

#CA9A40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.120 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9A40
RGB	rgb(202, 154, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(39, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, 8.73, 52.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 53.22, 80.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% 0.0204 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.12 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8404, 36.0406, 9.8657)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9A40 #4070CA

analogous

#CA5540 #CA9A40 #B5CA40

triadic

#CA9A40 #40CA9A #9A40CA

tetradic

#CA9A40 #40CA55 #4070CA #CA40B5

square

#CA9A40 #40CA55 #4070CA #CA40B5

split-complementary

#CA9A40 #40B5CA #5540CA

monochromatic

#70541F #A0782C #CA9A40 #D7B370 #E5CDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CA9A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#CA9A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9A40

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9A40	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 154, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.120 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb779',
    500: '#ca9a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9a40;
$custom-light: #deb779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.13,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71487,
    "c": 0.12034,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9A40

secondary

#95AAD1

accent

#7DE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9A40

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

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