#CA9E41#CA9E41

#CA9E41 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.121 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9E41
RGB	rgb(202, 158, 65)
HSL	hsl(41, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 67.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, 6.63, 53.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 53.55, 82.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% 0.0144 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.121 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.5403, 37.3945, 10.2406)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9E41 #416DCA

analogous

#CA5A41 #CA9E41 #B2CA41

triadic

#CA9E41 #41CA9E #9E41CA

tetradic

#CA9E41 #41CA5A #416DCA #CA41B2

square

#CA9E41 #41CA5A #416DCA #CA41B2

split-complementary

#CA9E41 #41B2CA #5A41CA

monochromatic

#715720 #A17C2D #CA9E41 #D7B671 #E5CFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CA9E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#CA9E41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9E41

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9E41	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)

#B19E36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 158, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.121 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deba7a',
    500: '#ca9e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9e41;
$custom-light: #deba7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.73,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72291,
    "c": 0.12099,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9E41

secondary

#96A9D1

accent

#79E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9E41

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

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