#CA9B42#CA9B42

#CA9B42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.119 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9B42
RGB	rgb(202, 155, 66)
HSL	hsl(39, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, 8.31, 51.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 52.55, 80.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% 0.0194 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.119 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0640, 36.3952, 10.2260)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9B42 #4271CA

analogous

#CA5742 #CA9B42 #B5CA42

triadic

#CA9B42 #42CA9B #9B42CA

tetradic

#CA9B42 #42CA57 #4271CA #CA42B5

square

#CA9B42 #42CA57 #4271CA #CA42B5

split-complementary

#CA9B42 #42B5CA #5742CA

monochromatic

#725520 #A2792D #CA9B42 #D7B472 #E5CEA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#CA9B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#CA9B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9B42

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9B42	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 155, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.119 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb87a',
    500: '#ca9b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9b42;
$custom-light: #deb87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.265,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71704,
    "c": 0.11923,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9B42

secondary

#96ABD1

accent

#7DDF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9B42

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

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