#CA9C2D#CA9C2D

#CA9C2D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.133 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9C2D
RGB	rgb(202, 156, 45)
HSL	hsl(42, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 77.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, 6.75, 60.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 61.00, 83.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% 0.0123 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.133 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7216, 36.5256, 7.5982)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9C2D #2D5BCA

analogous

#CA4D2D #CA9C2D #A9CA2D

triadic

#CA9C2D #2DCA9C #9C2DCA

tetradic

#CA9C2D #2DCA4D #2D5BCA #CA2DA9

square

#CA9C2D #2DCA4D #2D5BCA #CA2DA9

split-complementary

#CA9C2D #2DA9CA #4D2DCA

monochromatic

#664F17 #987522 #CA9C2D #DAB55A #E5CB8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CA9C2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#CA9C2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9C2D

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9C2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9C2D	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)

#B09C18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9c2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.133 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb86f',
    500: '#ca9c2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9c2d;
$custom-light: #dfb86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9c2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.42,
    "s": 63.563,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71733,
    "c": 0.13275,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9C2D

secondary

#839ACF

accent

#72E741

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9C2D

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

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