#CA9F3A#CA9F3A

#CA9F3A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.126 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9F3A
RGB	rgb(202, 159, 58)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 71.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, 5.71, 56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 56.66, 84.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% 0.0108 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.126 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5212, 37.6609, 9.2952)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9F3A #3A65CA

analogous

#CA573A #CA9F3A #ADCA3A

triadic

#CA9F3A #3ACA9F #9F3ACA

tetradic

#CA9F3A #3ACA57 #3A65CA #CA3AAD

square

#CA9F3A #3ACA57 #3A65CA #CA3AAD

split-complementary

#CA9F3A #3AADCA #573ACA

monochromatic

#6C551D #9D7A2A #CA9F3A #D7B66A #E4CE9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CA9F3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#CA9F3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9F3A

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9F3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9F3A	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)

#B29F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9f3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 159, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.126 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debb76',
    500: '#ca9f3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9f3a;
$custom-light: #debb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9f3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.083,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72429,
    "c": 0.12622,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9F3A

secondary

#90A3D0

accent

#75E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9F3A

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

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