#CA9A46#CA9A46

#CA9A46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.116 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9A46
RGB	rgb(202, 154, 70)
HSL	hsl(38, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 65.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, 9.09, 49.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 50.63, 79.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% 0.0222 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.116 79)
XYZ	xyz(37.0204, 36.1126, 10.8137)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9A46 #4676CA

analogous

#CA5846 #CA9A46 #B8CA46

triadic

#CA9A46 #46CA9A #9A46CA

tetradic

#CA9A46 #46CA58 #4676CA #CA46B8

square

#CA9A46 #46CA58 #4676CA #CA46B8

split-complementary

#CA9A46 #46B8CA #5846CA

monochromatic

#745621 #A4792F #CA9A46 #D8B476 #E5CEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#CA9A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#CA9A46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9A46

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9A46	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)

#AD9B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 154, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.116 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb77d',
    500: '#ca9a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9a46;
$custom-light: #deb77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71548,
    "c": 0.11598,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.3611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9A46

secondary

#9AAED2

accent

#7FDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9A46

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

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