#CA9A42#CA9A42

#CA9A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.119 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9A42
RGB	rgb(202, 154, 66)
HSL	hsl(39, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, 8.85, 51.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 52.37, 80.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% 0.021 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.119 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.8983, 36.0637, 10.1708)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9A42 #4272CA

analogous

#CA5642 #CA9A42 #B6CA42

triadic

#CA9A42 #42CA9A #9A42CA

tetradic

#CA9A42 #42CA56 #4272CA #CA42B6

square

#CA9A42 #42CA56 #4272CA #CA42B6

split-complementary

#CA9A42 #42B6CA #5642CA

monochromatic

#725520 #A2782D #CA9A42 #D7B472 #E5CDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CA9A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#CA9A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9A42

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9A42	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)

#AD9B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 154, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.119 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb77a',
    500: '#ca9a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9a42;
$custom-light: #deb77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.824,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71507,
    "c": 0.11892,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9A42

secondary

#96ABD1

accent

#7EDF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9A42

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

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