#CA9D40#CA9D40

#CA9D40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.121 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9D40
RGB	rgb(202, 157, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, 7.11, 53.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 53.78, 82.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% 0.0156 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.121 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3417, 37.0432, 10.0328)
Luminance	0.3704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9D40 #406DCA

analogous

#CA5840 #CA9D40 #B2CA40

triadic

#CA9D40 #40CA9D #9D40CA

tetradic

#CA9D40 #40CA58 #406DCA #CA40B2

square

#CA9D40 #40CA58 #406DCA #CA40B2

split-complementary

#CA9D40 #40B2CA #5840CA

monochromatic

#70561F #A07B2C #CA9D40 #D7B670 #E5CEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CA9D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#CA9D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9D40

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9D40	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 157, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.121 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb979',
    500: '#ca9d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9d40;
$custom-light: #deb979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.435,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72082,
    "c": 0.12133,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9D40

secondary

#95A8D1

accent

#79E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9D40

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

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