#CA9A41#CA9A41

#CA9A41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.120 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9A41
RGB	rgb(202, 154, 65)
HSL	hsl(39, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(39, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 67.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, 8.79, 52.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 52.80, 80.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% 0.0207 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.12 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8691, 36.0520, 10.0169)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9A41 #4171CA

analogous

#CA5541 #CA9A41 #B6CA41

triadic

#CA9A41 #41CA9A #9A41CA

tetradic

#CA9A41 #41CA55 #4171CA #CA41B6

square

#CA9A41 #41CA55 #4171CA #CA41B6

split-complementary

#CA9A41 #41B6CA #5541CA

monochromatic

#715420 #A1782D #CA9A41 #D7B371 #E5CDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CA9A41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#CA9A41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9A41

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9A41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9A41	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)

#AD9B37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9a41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 154, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.120 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb77a',
    500: '#ca9a41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9a41;
$custom-light: #deb77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9a41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.978,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71497,
    "c": 0.11964,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9A41

secondary

#96AAD1

accent

#7DE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9A41

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

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