#CA9C48#CA9C48

#CA9C48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.115 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9C48
RGB	rgb(202, 156, 72)
HSL	hsl(39, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 64.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, 8.13, 49.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 50.11, 80.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% 0.0197 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.115 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4174, 36.8039, 11.2627)
Luminance	0.3680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9C48 #4876CA

analogous

#CA5B48 #CA9C48 #B7CA48

triadic

#CA9C48 #48CA9C #9C48CA

tetradic

#CA9C48 #48CA5B #4876CA #CA48B7

square

#CA9C48 #48CA5B #4876CA #CA48B7

split-complementary

#CA9C48 #48B7CA #5B48CA

monochromatic

#765822 #A57C30 #CA9C48 #D8B677 #E5CFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CA9C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#CA9C48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9C48

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9C48	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.115 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb97e',
    500: '#ca9c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9c48;
$custom-light: #deb97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.769,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71965,
    "c": 0.11506,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9C48

secondary

#9BAFD3

accent

#7EDE49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9C48

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

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