#CA9B40#CA9B40

#CA9B40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.121 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9B40
RGB	rgb(202, 155, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, 8.19, 52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 53.40, 81.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% 0.0188 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.121 81)
XYZ	xyz(37.0061, 36.3720, 9.9209)
Luminance	0.3637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9B40 #406FCA

analogous

#CA5640 #CA9B40 #B4CA40

triadic

#CA9B40 #40CA9B #9B40CA

tetradic

#CA9B40 #40CA56 #406FCA #CA40B4

square

#CA9B40 #40CA56 #406FCA #CA40B4

split-complementary

#CA9B40 #40B4CA #5640CA

monochromatic

#70551F #A0792C #CA9B40 #D7B470 #E5CDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#CA9B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#CA9B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9B40

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9B40	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 155, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.121 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb879',
    500: '#ca9b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9b40;
$custom-light: #deb879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.565,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71685,
    "c": 0.12065,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.36369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9B40

secondary

#95A9D1

accent

#7CE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9B40

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

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