#CA9E3E#CA9E3E

#CA9E3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.123 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9E3E
RGB	rgb(202, 158, 62)
HSL	hsl(41, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 69.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, 6.46, 54.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 54.81, 83.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% 0.0135 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.123 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4557, 37.3606, 9.7950)
Luminance	0.3736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9E3E #3E6ACA

analogous

#CA583E #CA9E3E #B0CA3E

triadic

#CA9E3E #3ECA9E #9E3ECA

tetradic

#CA9E3E #3ECA58 #3E6ACA #CA3EB0

square

#CA9E3E #3ECA58 #3E6ACA #CA3EB0

split-complementary

#CA9E3E #3EB0CA #583ECA

monochromatic

#6F561F #9F7B2C #CA9E3E #D7B66E #E4CE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CA9E3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#CA9E3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9E3E

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9E3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9E3E	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)

#B19E32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9e3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 158, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.123 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deba78',
    500: '#ca9e3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9e3e;
$custom-light: #deba78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9e3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.143,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72263,
    "c": 0.12311,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9E3E

secondary

#93A6D1

accent

#78E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9E3E

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

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