#CA9B49#CA9B49

#CA9B49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.114 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9B49
RGB	rgb(202, 155, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, 8.74, 48.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 49.48, 79.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% 0.0216 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.114 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2832, 36.4829, 11.3802)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9B49 #4978CA

analogous

#CA5B49 #CA9B49 #B8CA49

triadic

#CA9B49 #49CA9B #9B49CA

tetradic

#CA9B49 #49CA5B #4978CA #CA49B8

square

#CA9B49 #49CA5B #4978CA #CA49B8

split-complementary

#CA9B49 #49B8CA #5B49CA

monochromatic

#765822 #A67B30 #CA9B49 #D8B578 #E6CFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CA9B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#CA9B49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9B49

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9B49	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 155, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.114 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb87f',
    500: '#ca9b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9b49;
$custom-light: #deb87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.14,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71778,
    "c": 0.11398,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9B49

secondary

#9CB0D3

accent

#80DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9B49

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

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