#CA9E48#CA9E48

#CA9E48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.116 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9E48
RGB	rgb(202, 158, 72)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 64.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, 7.05, 50.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 50.50, 81.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% 0.0165 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.116 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7558, 37.4807, 11.3755)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9E48 #4874CA

analogous

#CA5D48 #CA9E48 #B5CA48

triadic

#CA9E48 #48CA9E #9E48CA

tetradic

#CA9E48 #48CA5D #4874CA #CA48B5

square

#CA9E48 #48CA5D #4874CA #CA48B5

split-complementary

#CA9E48 #48B5CA #5D48CA

monochromatic

#765922 #A57D30 #CA9E48 #D8B777 #E5D0A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CA9E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#CA9E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9E48

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9E48	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09E3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 158, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.116 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deba7e',
    500: '#ca9e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9e48;
$custom-light: #deba7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.692,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72362,
    "c": 0.11574,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9E48

secondary

#9BAED3

accent

#7CDE49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9E48

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

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