#CA9F40#CA9F40

#CA9F40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.122 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9F40
RGB	rgb(202, 159, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, 6.03, 53.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 54.18, 83.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% 0.0125 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.122 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6829, 37.7255, 10.1465)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9F40 #406BCA

analogous

#CA5A40 #CA9F40 #B0CA40

triadic

#CA9F40 #40CA9F #9F40CA

tetradic

#CA9F40 #40CA5A #406BCA #CA40B0

square

#CA9F40 #40CA5A #406BCA #CA40B0

split-complementary

#CA9F40 #40B0CA #5A40CA

monochromatic

#70571F #A07C2C #CA9F40 #D7B770 #E5CFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CA9F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#CA9F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9F40

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9F40	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)

#B29F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 159, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.122 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debb79',
    500: '#ca9f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9f40;
$custom-light: #debb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.304,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72482,
    "c": 0.1221,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9F40

secondary

#95A8D1

accent

#77E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9F40

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

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