#CA9E44#CA9E44

#CA9E44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.119 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9E44
RGB	rgb(202, 158, 68)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 66.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, 6.80, 51.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 52.26, 82.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% 0.0153 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.119 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.6295, 37.4302, 10.7105)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9E44 #4470CA

analogous

#CA5B44 #CA9E44 #B3CA44

triadic

#CA9E44 #44CA9E #9E44CA

tetradic

#CA9E44 #44CA5B #4470CA #CA44B3

square

#CA9E44 #44CA5B #4470CA #CA44B3

split-complementary

#CA9E44 #44B3CA #5B44CA

monochromatic

#735821 #A37C2E #CA9E44 #D8B774 #E5CFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CA9E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#CA9E44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9E44

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9E44	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 158, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.119 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deba7c',
    500: '#ca9e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9e44;
$custom-light: #deba7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.299,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72321,
    "c": 0.11879,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9E44

secondary

#98ABD2

accent

#7ADF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9E44

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

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