#CA9E40#CA9E40

#CA9E40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.122 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9E40
RGB	rgb(202, 158, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, 6.57, 53.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 53.97, 83.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% 0.0141 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.122 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5116, 37.3830, 10.0894)
Luminance	0.3738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9E40 #406CCA

analogous

#CA5940 #CA9E40 #B1CA40

triadic

#CA9E40 #40CA9E #9E40CA

tetradic

#CA9E40 #40CA59 #406CCA #CA40B1

square

#CA9E40 #40CA59 #406CCA #CA40B1

split-complementary

#CA9E40 #40B1CA #5940CA

monochromatic

#70571F #A07B2C #CA9E40 #D7B670 #E5CFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CA9E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#CA9E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9E40

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9E40	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 158, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.122 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deba79',
    500: '#ca9e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9e40;
$custom-light: #deba79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.87,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72282,
    "c": 0.12171,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9E40

secondary

#95A8D1

accent

#78E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9E40

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

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