#CA9A45#CA9A45

#CA9A45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.117 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9A45
RGB	rgb(202, 154, 69)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 65.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, 9.03, 50.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 51.07, 79.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% 0.0219 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.117 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9891, 36.1000, 10.6489)
Luminance	0.3610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9A45 #4575CA

analogous

#CA5745 #CA9A45 #B7CA45

triadic

#CA9A45 #45CA9A #9A45CA

tetradic

#CA9A45 #45CA57 #4575CA #CA45B7

square

#CA9A45 #45CA57 #4575CA #CA45B7

split-complementary

#CA9A45 #45B7CA #5745CA

monochromatic

#745621 #A3792F #CA9A45 #D8B475 #E5CEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#CA9A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#CA9A45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9A45

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9A45	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 154, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.117 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb77c',
    500: '#ca9a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9a45;
$custom-light: #deb77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.346,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71537,
    "c": 0.11673,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9A45

secondary

#99ADD2

accent

#7FDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9A45

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

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