#CA9F3E#CA9F3E

#CA9F3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.124 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9F3E
RGB	rgb(202, 159, 62)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 69.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, 5.92, 54.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 55.02, 83.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% 0.0119 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.124 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.6270, 37.7032, 9.8521)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9F3E #3E69CA

analogous

#CA593E #CA9F3E #AFCA3E

triadic

#CA9F3E #3ECA9F #9F3ECA

tetradic

#CA9F3E #3ECA59 #3E69CA #CA3EAF

square

#CA9F3E #3ECA59 #3E69CA #CA3EAF

split-complementary

#CA9F3E #3EAFCA #593ECA

monochromatic

#6F561F #9F7C2C #CA9F3E #D7B76E #E4CF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CA9F3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#CA9F3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9F3E

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9F3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9F3E	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)

#B29F32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9f3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 159, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.124 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debb78',
    500: '#ca9f3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9f3e;
$custom-light: #debb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9f3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.571,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72463,
    "c": 0.12351,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9F3E

secondary

#93A6D1

accent

#76E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9F3E

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

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