#CA9E3B#CA9E3B

#CA9E3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.125 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9E3B
RGB	rgb(202, 158, 59)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, 6.30, 55.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 56.05, 83.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% 0.0127 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.125 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3756, 37.3286, 9.3734)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9E3B #3B67CA

analogous

#CA563B #CA9E3B #AFCA3B

triadic

#CA9E3B #3BCA9E #9E3BCA

tetradic

#CA9E3B #3BCA56 #3B67CA #CA3BAF

square

#CA9E3B #3BCA56 #3B67CA #CA3BAF

split-complementary

#CA9E3B #3BAFCA #563BCA

monochromatic

#6D551E #9D7A2B #CA9E3B #D7B66B #E4CE9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CA9E3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#CA9E3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9E3B

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9E3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9E3B	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9e3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 158, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.125 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deba76',
    500: '#ca9e3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9e3b;
$custom-light: #deba76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9e3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72237,
    "c": 0.12515,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9E3B

secondary

#91A4D0

accent

#76E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9E3B

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

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