#CA9D2A#CA9D2A

#CA9D2A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.135 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9D2A
RGB	rgb(202, 157, 42)
HSL	hsl(43, 66%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 79.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, 6.10, 61.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 62.20, 84.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% 0.0101 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.135 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8344, 36.8403, 7.3609)
Luminance	0.3684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9D2A #2A57CA

analogous

#CA4D2A #CA9D2A #A7CA2A

triadic

#CA9D2A #2ACA9D #9D2ACA

tetradic

#CA9D2A #2ACA4D #2A57CA #CA2AA7

square

#CA9D2A #2ACA4D #2A57CA #CA2AA7

split-complementary

#CA9D2A #2AA7CA #4D2ACA

monochromatic

#654E15 #97761F #CA9D2A #DCB655 #E6CC88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CA9D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#CA9D2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9D2A

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9D2A	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)

#B19D12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 157, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.135 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb96d',
    500: '#ca9d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9d2a;
$custom-light: #dfb96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.125,
    "s": 65.574,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71914,
    "c": 0.13465,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9D2A

secondary

#8096D0

accent

#6FE93F

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9D2A

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

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