#CA9C4A#CA9C4A

#CA9C4A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.114 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9C4A
RGB	rgb(202, 156, 74)
HSL	hsl(38, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 63.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, 8.26, 48.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 49.22, 80.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% 0.0203 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.114 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4837, 36.8304, 11.6120)
Luminance	0.3683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9C4A #4A78CA

analogous

#CA5C4A #CA9C4A #B8CA4A

triadic

#CA9C4A #4ACA9C #9C4ACA

tetradic

#CA9C4A #4ACA5C #4A78CA #CA4AB8

square

#CA9C4A #4ACA5C #4A78CA #CA4AB8

split-complementary

#CA9C4A #4AB8CA #5C4ACA

monochromatic

#775923 #A67C31 #CA9C4A #D8B679 #E6D0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CA9C4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#CA9C4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9C4A

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9C4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9C4A	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9c4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.114 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb97f',
    500: '#ca9c4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9c4a;
$custom-light: #deb97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9c4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.438,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71987,
    "c": 0.1135,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9C4A

secondary

#9DB0D3

accent

#7FDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9C4A

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

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