#CA9E49#CA9E49

#CA9E49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.115 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9E49
RGB	rgb(202, 158, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, 7.12, 49.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 50.05, 81.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% 0.0168 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.115 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.7887, 37.4938, 11.5487)
Luminance	0.3749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9E49 #4975CA

analogous

#CA5E49 #CA9E49 #B6CA49

triadic

#CA9E49 #49CA9E #9E49CA

tetradic

#CA9E49 #49CA5E #4975CA #CA49B6

square

#CA9E49 #49CA5E #4975CA #CA49B6

split-complementary

#CA9E49 #49B6CA #5E49CA

monochromatic

#765A22 #A67E30 #CA9E49 #D8B778 #E6D1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CA9E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#CA9E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9E49

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9E49	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)

#B09E40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 158, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.115 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deba7f',
    500: '#ca9e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9e49;
$custom-light: #deba7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.535,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72373,
    "c": 0.11497,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9E49

secondary

#9CAFD3

accent

#7CDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9E49

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

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