#CA9E50#CA9E50

#CA9E50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.109 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9E50
RGB	rgb(202, 158, 80)
HSL	hsl(38, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 60.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, 7.60, 46.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 46.88, 80.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% 0.0192 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.109 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0340, 37.5919, 12.8406)
Luminance	0.3759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9E50 #507CCA

analogous

#CA6150 #CA9E50 #B9CA50

triadic

#CA9E50 #50CA9E #9E50CA

tetradic

#CA9E50 #50CA61 #507CCA #CA50B9

square

#CA9E50 #50CA61 #507CCA #CA50B9

split-complementary

#CA9E50 #50B9CA #6150CA

monochromatic

#7A5C25 #A97F33 #CA9E50 #D8B87F #E6D2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CA9E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#CA9E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9E50

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9E50	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 158, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.109 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddba83',
    500: '#ca9e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9e50;
$custom-light: #ddba83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.361,
    "s": 53.509,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72454,
    "c": 0.1093,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9E50

secondary

#A1B4D4

accent

#80DD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9E50

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

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