#CA9D3E#CA9D3E

#CA9D3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.123 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9D3E
RGB	rgb(202, 157, 62)
HSL	hsl(41, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 69.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, 7.00, 54.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 54.62, 82.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% 0.0151 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.123 83)
XYZ	xyz(37.2858, 37.0209, 9.7384)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9D3E #3E6BCA

analogous

#CA573E #CA9D3E #B1CA3E

triadic

#CA9D3E #3ECA9D #9D3ECA

tetradic

#CA9D3E #3ECA57 #3E6BCA #CA3EB1

square

#CA9D3E #3ECA57 #3E6BCA #CA3EB1

split-complementary

#CA9D3E #3EB1CA #573ECA

monochromatic

#6F551F #9F7A2C #CA9D3E #D7B56E #E4CE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CA9D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#CA9D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9D3E

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9D3E	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)

#B09D32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 157, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.123 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb978',
    500: '#ca9d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9d3e;
$custom-light: #deb978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.714,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72064,
    "c": 0.12274,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.37018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9D3E

secondary

#93A7D1

accent

#79E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9D3E

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

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