#CA9F46#CA9F46

#CA9F46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.118 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9F46
RGB	rgb(202, 159, 70)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 65.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, 6.39, 51.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 51.59, 82.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% 0.0143 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.118 83)
XYZ	xyz(37.8629, 37.7975, 11.0946)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9F46 #4671CA

analogous

#CA5D46 #CA9F46 #B3CA46

triadic

#CA9F46 #46CA9F #9F46CA

tetradic

#CA9F46 #46CA5D #4671CA #CA46B3

square

#CA9F46 #46CA5D #4671CA #CA46B3

split-complementary

#CA9F46 #46B3CA #5D46CA

monochromatic

#745921 #A47E2F #CA9F46 #D8B876 #E5D0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CA9F46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#CA9F46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9F46

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9F46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9F46	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9f46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 159, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.118 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debb7d',
    500: '#ca9f46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9f46;
$custom-light: #debb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9f46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.455,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7254,
    "c": 0.11767,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.37795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9F46

secondary

#9AACD2

accent

#7ADF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9F46

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

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