#CA9C2B#CA9C2B

#CA9C2B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.134 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9C2B
RGB	rgb(202, 156, 43)
HSL	hsl(43, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 78.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, 6.68, 61.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 61.69, 83.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% 0.0119 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.134 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.6840, 36.5106, 7.4002)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9C2B #2B59CA

analogous

#CA4D2B #CA9C2B #A8CA2B

triadic

#CA9C2B #2BCA9C #9C2BCA

tetradic

#CA9C2B #2BCA4D #2B59CA #CA2BA8

square

#CA9C2B #2BCA4D #2B59CA #CA2BA8

split-complementary

#CA9C2B #2BA8CA #4D2BCA

monochromatic

#654E16 #987520 #CA9C2B #DBB557 #E6CB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CA9C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#CA9C2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9C2B

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9C2B	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)

#B09C14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.134 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb86e',
    500: '#ca9c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9c2b;
$custom-light: #dfb86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.642,
    "s": 64.898,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7172,
    "c": 0.13378,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9C2B

secondary

#8198D0

accent

#71E840

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9C2B

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

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