#CA9D43#CA9D43

#CA9D43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.119 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9D43
RGB	rgb(202, 157, 67)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 66.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, 7.28, 51.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 52.49, 82.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% 0.0165 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.119 82)
XYZ	xyz(37.4294, 37.0783, 10.4945)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9D43 #4370CA

analogous

#CA5943 #CA9D43 #B4CA43

triadic

#CA9D43 #43CA9D #9D43CA

tetradic

#CA9D43 #43CA59 #4370CA #CA43B4

square

#CA9D43 #43CA59 #4370CA #CA43B4

split-complementary

#CA9D43 #43B4CA #5943CA

monochromatic

#725720 #A27B2E #CA9D43 #D7B673 #E5CFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CA9D43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#CA9D43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9D43

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9D43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9D43	1.00	2.50	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9d43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 157, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.119 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb97b',
    500: '#ca9d43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9d43;
$custom-light: #deb97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9d43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72111,
    "c": 0.11916,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.37076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9D43

secondary

#97ABD2

accent

#7BDF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9D43

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

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