#CA9D41#CA9D41

#CA9D41 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.121 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9D41
RGB	rgb(202, 157, 65)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 67.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, 7.17, 52.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 53.35, 82.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% 0.0159 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.121 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.3704, 37.0547, 10.1840)
Luminance	0.3705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9D41 #416ECA

analogous

#CA5841 #CA9D41 #B3CA41

triadic

#CA9D41 #41CA9D #9D41CA

tetradic

#CA9D41 #41CA58 #416ECA #CA41B3

square

#CA9D41 #41CA58 #416ECA #CA41B3

split-complementary

#CA9D41 #41B3CA #5841CA

monochromatic

#715620 #A17B2D #CA9D41 #D7B671 #E5CEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CA9D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#CA9D41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9D41

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9D41	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)

#B09D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 157, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.121 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb97a',
    500: '#ca9d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9d41;
$custom-light: #deb97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.292,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72092,
    "c": 0.12062,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9D41

secondary

#96A9D1

accent

#7AE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9D41

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

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