#CA9E45#CA9E45

#CA9E45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.118 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9E45
RGB	rgb(202, 158, 69)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 65.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, 6.86, 51.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 51.82, 82.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% 0.0156 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.118 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6603, 37.4425, 10.8726)
Luminance	0.3744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9E45 #4571CA

analogous

#CA5B45 #CA9E45 #B4CA45

triadic

#CA9E45 #45CA9E #9E45CA

tetradic

#CA9E45 #45CA5B #4571CA #CA45B4

square

#CA9E45 #45CA5B #4571CA #CA45B4

split-complementary

#CA9E45 #45B4CA #5B45CA

monochromatic

#745821 #A37D2F #CA9E45 #D8B775 #E5D0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CA9E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#CA9E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9E45

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9E45	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)

#B19E3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 158, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.118 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deba7c',
    500: '#ca9e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9e45;
$custom-light: #deba7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.15,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72331,
    "c": 0.11804,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9E45

secondary

#99ACD2

accent

#7BDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9E45

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

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