#CA9E46#CA9E46

#CA9E46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.117 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9E46
RGB	rgb(202, 158, 70)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 65.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, 6.93, 50.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 51.38, 82.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% 0.0159 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.117 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6916, 37.4550, 11.0375)
Luminance	0.3745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9E46 #4672CA

analogous

#CA5C46 #CA9E46 #B4CA46

triadic

#CA9E46 #46CA9E #9E46CA

tetradic

#CA9E46 #46CA5C #4672CA #CA46B4

square

#CA9E46 #46CA5C #4672CA #CA46B4

split-complementary

#CA9E46 #46B4CA #5C46CA

monochromatic

#745921 #A47D2F #CA9E46 #D8B776 #E5D0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CA9E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#CA9E46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9E46

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9E46	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)

#B19E3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 158, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.117 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deba7d',
    500: '#ca9e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9e46;
$custom-light: #deba7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72341,
    "c": 0.11729,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9E46

secondary

#9AACD2

accent

#7BDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9E46

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

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