#CA9C49#CA9C49

#CA9C49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.114 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9C49
RGB	rgb(202, 156, 73)
HSL	hsl(39, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, 8.20, 48.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 49.66, 80.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% 0.02 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.114 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4503, 36.8171, 11.4359)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9C49 #4977CA

analogous

#CA5C49 #CA9C49 #B8CA49

triadic

#CA9C49 #49CA9C #9C49CA

tetradic

#CA9C49 #49CA5C #4977CA #CA49B8

square

#CA9C49 #49CA5C #4977CA #CA49B8

split-complementary

#CA9C49 #49B8CA #5C49CA

monochromatic

#765822 #A67C30 #CA9C49 #D8B678 #E6D0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CA9C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#CA9C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9C49

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9C49	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)

#AF9D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.114 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb97f',
    500: '#ca9c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9c49;
$custom-light: #deb97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.605,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71976,
    "c": 0.11428,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9C49

secondary

#9CB0D3

accent

#7FDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9C49

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

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