#CA9D3C#CA9D3C

#CA9D3C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.124 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9D3C
RGB	rgb(202, 157, 60)
HSL	hsl(41, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 70.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, 6.89, 55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 55.45, 82.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% 0.0145 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.124 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2319, 36.9993, 9.4547)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9D3C #3C69CA

analogous

#CA563C #CA9D3C #B0CA3C

triadic

#CA9D3C #3CCA9D #9D3CCA

tetradic

#CA9D3C #3CCA56 #3C69CA #CA3CB0

square

#CA9D3C #3CCA56 #3C69CA #CA3CB0

split-complementary

#CA9D3C #3CB0CA #563CCA

monochromatic

#6E541E #9E792B #CA9D3C #D7B56C #E4CD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CA9D3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#CA9D3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9D3C

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9D3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9D3C	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9d3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 157, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.124 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb977',
    500: '#ca9d3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9d3c;
$custom-light: #deb977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9d3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.986,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72046,
    "c": 0.1241,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9D3C

secondary

#92A5D0

accent

#78E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9D3C

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

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