#CA9D48#CA9D48

#CA9D48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.115 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9D48
RGB	rgb(202, 157, 72)
HSL	hsl(39, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 64.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, 7.59, 49.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 50.30, 81.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% 0.0181 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.115 81)
XYZ	xyz(37.5859, 37.1409, 11.3189)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9D48 #4875CA

analogous

#CA5C48 #CA9D48 #B6CA48

triadic

#CA9D48 #48CA9D #9D48CA

tetradic

#CA9D48 #48CA5C #4875CA #CA48B6

square

#CA9D48 #48CA5C #4875CA #CA48B6

split-complementary

#CA9D48 #48B6CA #5C48CA

monochromatic

#765922 #A57C30 #CA9D48 #D8B677 #E5D0A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CA9D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#CA9D48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9D48

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9D48	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 157, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.115 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb97e',
    500: '#ca9d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9d48;
$custom-light: #deb97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.231,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72163,
    "c": 0.1154,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.37138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9D48

secondary

#9BAED3

accent

#7DDE49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9D48

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

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