#CA9A48#CA9A48

#CA9A48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.114 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9A48
RGB	rgb(202, 154, 72)
HSL	hsl(38, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 64.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, 9.22, 48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 49.74, 79.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% 0.0228 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.114 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0846, 36.1382, 11.1518)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9A48 #4878CA

analogous

#CA5948 #CA9A48 #B9CA48

triadic

#CA9A48 #48CA9A #9A48CA

tetradic

#CA9A48 #48CA59 #4878CA #CA48B9

square

#CA9A48 #48CA59 #4878CA #CA48B9

split-complementary

#CA9A48 #48B9CA #5948CA

monochromatic

#765722 #A57A30 #CA9A48 #D8B477 #E5CEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#CA9A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#CA9A48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9A48

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9A48	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 154, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.114 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb77e',
    500: '#ca9a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9a48;
$custom-light: #deb77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.846,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71569,
    "c": 0.11447,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9A48

secondary

#9BB0D3

accent

#80DE49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9A48

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

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