#CA9F39#CA9F39

#CA9F39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.127 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9F39
RGB	rgb(202, 159, 57)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 71.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, 5.66, 56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 57.06, 84.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% 0.0106 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.127 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4960, 37.6508, 9.1625)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9F39 #3964CA

analogous

#CA5639 #CA9F39 #ACCA39

triadic

#CA9F39 #39CA9F #9F39CA

tetradic

#CA9F39 #39CA56 #3964CA #CA39AC

square

#CA9F39 #39CA56 #3964CA #CA39AC

split-complementary

#CA9F39 #39ACCA #5639CA

monochromatic

#6C541D #9C7A2A #CA9F39 #D7B669 #E4CE9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CA9F39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#CA9F39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9F39

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9F39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9F39	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9f39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 159, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.127 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debb75',
    500: '#ca9f39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9f39;
$custom-light: #debb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9f39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.207,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7242,
    "c": 0.12686,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9F39

secondary

#8FA2D0

accent

#75E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9F39

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

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