#CA9F3C#CA9F3C

#CA9F3C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.125 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9F3C
RGB	rgb(202, 159, 60)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 70.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, 5.81, 55.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 55.84, 84.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% 0.0114 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.125 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.5731, 37.6816, 9.5684)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9F3C #3C67CA

analogous

#CA583C #CA9F3C #AECA3C

triadic

#CA9F3C #3CCA9F #9F3CCA

tetradic

#CA9F3C #3CCA58 #3C67CA #CA3CAE

square

#CA9F3C #3CCA58 #3C67CA #CA3CAE

split-complementary

#CA9F3C #3CAECA #583CCA

monochromatic

#6E561E #9E7B2B #CA9F3C #D7B76C #E4CE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CA9F3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#CA9F3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9F3C

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9F3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9F3C	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9f3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 159, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.125 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debb77',
    500: '#ca9f3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9f3c;
$custom-light: #debb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9f3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.831,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72446,
    "c": 0.12488,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9F3C

secondary

#92A5D0

accent

#76E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9F3C

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

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