#CA9B2A#CA9B2A

#CA9B2A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.134 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9B2A
RGB	rgb(202, 155, 42)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 79.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, 7.18, 61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 61.86, 83.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% 0.0132 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.134 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4988, 36.1691, 7.2490)
Luminance	0.3617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9B2A #2A59CA

analogous

#CA4B2A #CA9B2A #A9CA2A

triadic

#CA9B2A #2ACA9B #9B2ACA

tetradic

#CA9B2A #2ACA4B #2A59CA #CA2AA9

square

#CA9B2A #2ACA4B #2A59CA #CA2AA9

split-complementary

#CA9B2A #2AA9CA #4B2ACA

monochromatic

#654D15 #97741F #CA9B2A #DCB455 #E6CB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#CA9B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#CA9B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9B2A

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9B2A	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)

#AF9B13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA730

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 155, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.134 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb86d',
    500: '#ca9b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9b2a;
$custom-light: #dfb86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.375,
    "s": 65.574,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71515,
    "c": 0.13393,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9B2A

secondary

#8097D0

accent

#71E93F

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9B2A

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

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