#CA9C2C#CA9C2C

#CA9C2C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.133 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9C2C
RGB	rgb(202, 156, 44)
HSL	hsl(43, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 78.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, 6.71, 60.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 61.35, 83.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% 0.0121 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.133 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7026, 36.5180, 7.4980)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9C2C #2C5ACA

analogous

#CA4D2C #CA9C2C #A9CA2C

triadic

#CA9C2C #2CCA9C #9C2CCA

tetradic

#CA9C2C #2CCA4D #2C5ACA #CA2CA9

square

#CA9C2C #2CCA4D #2C5ACA #CA2CA9

split-complementary

#CA9C2C #2CA9CA #4D2CCA

monochromatic

#654E16 #987521 #CA9C2C #DBB558 #E6CB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CA9C2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#CA9C2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9C2C

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9C2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9C2C	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)

#B09C16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9c2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.133 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb86e',
    500: '#ca9c2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9c2c;
$custom-light: #dfb86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9c2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.532,
    "s": 64.228,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71726,
    "c": 0.13327,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9C2C

secondary

#8299D0

accent

#71E741

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9C2C

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

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