#CA9C3E#CA9C3E

#CA9C3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.122 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9C3E
RGB	rgb(202, 156, 62)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 69.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.04, 7.54, 53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.04, 54.43, 82.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% 0.0166 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.122 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1173, 36.6839, 9.6822)
Luminance	0.3668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9C3E #3E6CCA

analogous

#CA563E #CA9C3E #B2CA3E

triadic

#CA9C3E #3ECA9C #9C3ECA

tetradic

#CA9C3E #3ECA56 #3E6CCA #CA3EB2

square

#CA9C3E #3ECA56 #3E6CCA #CA3EB2

split-complementary

#CA9C3E #3EB2CA #563ECA

monochromatic

#6F551F #9F792C #CA9C3E #D7B56E #E4CD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#CA9C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#CA9C3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9C3E

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9C3E	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.122 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb978',
    500: '#ca9c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9c3e;
$custom-light: #deb978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.286,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71865,
    "c": 0.12238,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9C3E

secondary

#93A7D1

accent

#7AE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9C3E

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

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