#CA9F41#CA9F41

#CA9F41 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.121 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9F41
RGB	rgb(202, 159, 65)
HSL	hsl(41, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 67.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, 6.09, 53.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 53.75, 83.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% 0.0128 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.121 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7116, 37.7370, 10.2977)
Luminance	0.3773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9F41 #416CCA

analogous

#CA5B41 #CA9F41 #B1CA41

triadic

#CA9F41 #41CA9F #9F41CA

tetradic

#CA9F41 #41CA5B #416CCA #CA41B1

square

#CA9F41 #41CA5B #416CCA #CA41B1

split-complementary

#CA9F41 #41B1CA #5B41CA

monochromatic

#715720 #A17C2D #CA9F41 #D7B771 #E5CFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CA9F41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#CA9F41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9F41

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9F41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9F41	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9f41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 159, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.121 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debb7a',
    500: '#ca9f41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9f41;
$custom-light: #debb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9f41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.168,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72491,
    "c": 0.12139,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9F41

secondary

#96A8D1

accent

#78E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9F41

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

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