#CA9E43#CA9E43

#CA9E43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.120 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9E43
RGB	rgb(202, 158, 67)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 66.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, 6.74, 52.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 52.69, 82.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% 0.015 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.12 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.5993, 37.4181, 10.5512)
Luminance	0.3742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9E43 #436FCA

analogous

#CA5A43 #CA9E43 #B3CA43

triadic

#CA9E43 #43CA9E #9E43CA

tetradic

#CA9E43 #43CA5A #436FCA #CA43B3

square

#CA9E43 #43CA5A #436FCA #CA43B3

split-complementary

#CA9E43 #43B3CA #5A43CA

monochromatic

#725820 #A27C2E #CA9E43 #D7B773 #E5CFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CA9E43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#CA9E43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9E43

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9E43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9E43	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)

#B19E39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9e43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 158, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.120 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deba7b',
    500: '#ca9e43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9e43;
$custom-light: #deba7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9e43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.444,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72311,
    "c": 0.11953,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9E43

secondary

#97AAD2

accent

#7ADF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9E43

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

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