#CA9C3B#CA9C3B

#CA9C3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.124 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9C3B
RGB	rgb(202, 156, 59)
HSL	hsl(41, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, 7.38, 55.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 55.67, 82.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% 0.0158 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.124 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0373, 36.6519, 9.2606)
Luminance	0.3665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9C3B #3B69CA

analogous

#CA543B #CA9C3B #B1CA3B

triadic

#CA9C3B #3BCA9C #9C3BCA

tetradic

#CA9C3B #3BCA54 #3B69CA #CA3BB1

square

#CA9C3B #3BCA54 #3B69CA #CA3BB1

split-complementary

#CA9C3B #3BB1CA #543BCA

monochromatic

#6D531E #9D782B #CA9C3B #D7B46B #E4CD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#CA9C3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#CA9C3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9C3B

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9C3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9C3B	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9c3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.124 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb876',
    500: '#ca9c3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9c3b;
$custom-light: #deb876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9c3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.699,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71838,
    "c": 0.12441,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9C3B

secondary

#91A5D0

accent

#79E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9C3B

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

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