#CA9C45#CA9C45

#CA9C45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.117 H 80.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9C45
RGB	rgb(202, 156, 69)
HSL	hsl(39, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 65.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, 7.94, 50.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 51.43, 81.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% 0.0187 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.117 80.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3219, 36.7657, 10.7598)
Luminance	0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9C45 #4573CA

analogous

#CA5945 #CA9C45 #B6CA45

triadic

#CA9C45 #45CA9C #9C45CA

tetradic

#CA9C45 #45CA59 #4573CA #CA45B6

square

#CA9C45 #45CA59 #4573CA #CA45B6

split-complementary

#CA9C45 #45B6CA #5945CA

monochromatic

#745721 #A37B2F #CA9C45 #D8B575 #E5CFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CA9C45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#CA9C45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9C45

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9C45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9C45	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	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)

#AF9D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9c45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.117 80.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb97c',
    500: '#ca9c45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9c45;
$custom-light: #deb97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9c45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.248,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71933,
    "c": 0.11734,
    "h": 80.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9C45

secondary

#99ADD2

accent

#7DDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9C45

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

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