#CA9C42#CA9C42

#CA9C42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.120 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9C42
RGB	rgb(202, 156, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, 7.77, 52.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 52.73, 81.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% 0.0178 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.12 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.2312, 36.7294, 10.2817)
Luminance	0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9C42 #4270CA

analogous

#CA5842 #CA9C42 #B4CA42

triadic

#CA9C42 #42CA9C #9C42CA

tetradic

#CA9C42 #42CA58 #4270CA #CA42B4

square

#CA9C42 #42CA58 #4270CA #CA42B4

split-complementary

#CA9C42 #42B4CA #5842CA

monochromatic

#725620 #A27A2D #CA9C42 #D7B572 #E5CEA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#CA9C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#CA9C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9C42

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9C42	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.120 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb97a',
    500: '#ca9c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9c42;
$custom-light: #deb97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.706,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71903,
    "c": 0.11955,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9C42

secondary

#96AAD1

accent

#7BDF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9C42

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

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