#CA9C2E#CA9C2E

#CA9C2E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.132 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9C2E
RGB	rgb(202, 156, 46)
HSL	hsl(42, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 77.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, 6.79, 60.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 60.65, 83.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% 0.0126 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.132 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7411, 36.5334, 7.7008)
Luminance	0.3653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9C2E #2E5CCA

analogous

#CA4E2E #CA9C2E #AACA2E

triadic

#CA9C2E #2ECA9C #9C2ECA

tetradic

#CA9C2E #2ECA4E #2E5CCA #CA2EAA

square

#CA9C2E #2ECA4E #2E5CCA #CA2EAA

split-complementary

#CA9C2E #2EAACA #4E2ECA

monochromatic

#664F17 #987623 #CA9C2E #DAB55B #E5CB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CA9C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#CA9C2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9C2E

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9C2E	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.132 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb86f',
    500: '#ca9c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9c2e;
$custom-light: #dfb86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.308,
    "s": 62.903,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71739,
    "c": 0.13222,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9C2E

secondary

#849BCF

accent

#72E642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9C2E

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

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