#CA9E2E#CA9E2E

#CA9E2E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.133 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9E2E
RGB	rgb(202, 158, 46)
HSL	hsl(43, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 77.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, 5.71, 60.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 61.01, 84.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% 0.0095 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.133 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0795, 37.2101, 7.8136)
Luminance	0.3721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9E2E #2E5ACA

analogous

#CA502E #CA9E2E #A8CA2E

triadic

#CA9E2E #2ECA9E #9E2ECA

tetradic

#CA9E2E #2ECA50 #2E5ACA #CA2EA8

square

#CA9E2E #2ECA50 #2E5ACA #CA2EA8

split-complementary

#CA9E2E #2EA8CA #502ECA

monochromatic

#665017 #987723 #CA9E2E #DAB65B #E5CC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CA9E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#CA9E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9E2E

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9E2E	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 158, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.133 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfba6f',
    500: '#ca9e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9e2e;
$custom-light: #dfba6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.077,
    "s": 62.903,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72139,
    "c": 0.13298,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9E2E

secondary

#849ACF

accent

#70E642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9E2E

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

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