#CA9F3D#CA9F3D

#CA9F3D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.124 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9F3D
RGB	rgb(202, 159, 61)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 69.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, 5.87, 55.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 55.43, 83.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% 0.0117 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.124 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5998, 37.6923, 9.7089)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9F3D #3D68CA

analogous

#CA593D #CA9F3D #AFCA3D

triadic

#CA9F3D #3DCA9F #9F3DCA

tetradic

#CA9F3D #3DCA59 #3D68CA #CA3DAF

square

#CA9F3D #3DCA59 #3D68CA #CA3DAF

split-complementary

#CA9F3D #3DAFCA #593DCA

monochromatic

#6E561E #9F7B2B #CA9F3D #D7B76D #E4CF9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CA9F3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#CA9F3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9F3D

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9F3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9F3D	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)

#B29F30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9f3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 159, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.124 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debb78',
    500: '#ca9f3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9f3d;
$custom-light: #debb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9f3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.702,
    "s": 57.085,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72454,
    "c": 0.1242,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9F3D

secondary

#92A5D0

accent

#76E047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9F3D

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

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