#CA9D45#CA9D45

#CA9D45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.118 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9D45
RGB	rgb(202, 157, 69)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 65.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, 7.40, 51.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 51.62, 81.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% 0.0172 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.118 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4904, 37.1027, 10.8160)
Luminance	0.3710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9D45 #4572CA

analogous

#CA5A45 #CA9D45 #B5CA45

triadic

#CA9D45 #45CA9D #9D45CA

tetradic

#CA9D45 #45CA5A #4572CA #CA45B5

square

#CA9D45 #45CA5A #4572CA #CA45B5

split-complementary

#CA9D45 #45B5CA #5A45CA

monochromatic

#745821 #A37C2F #CA9D45 #D8B675 #E5CFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CA9D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#CA9D45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9D45

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9D45	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	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)

#B09D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 157, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.118 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb97c',
    500: '#ca9d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9d45;
$custom-light: #deb97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.699,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72132,
    "c": 0.11768,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9D45

secondary

#99ACD2

accent

#7CDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9D45

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

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