#CA8438#CA8438

#CA8438 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.125 H 64.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8438
RGB	rgb(202, 132, 56)
HSL	hsl(31, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(31, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.7%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.09, 20.30, 50.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.09, 54.32, 68.06°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% 0.0532 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.125 64.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3247, 29.3477, 7.6502)
Luminance	0.2934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8438 #387ECA

analogous

#CA3B38 #CA8438 #C7CA38

triadic

#CA8438 #38CA84 #8438CA

tetradic

#CA8438 #38CA3B #387ECA #CA38C7

square

#CA8438 #38CA3B #387ECA #CA38C7

split-complementary

#CA8438 #38C7CA #3B38CA

monochromatic

#6B451D #9B6529 #CA8438 #D7A268 #E4C099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#CA8438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#CA8438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8438

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8438	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7474

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 132, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.125 64.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa873',
    500: '#ca8438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8438;
$custom-light: #dfa873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.233,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67202,
    "c": 0.12457,
    "h": 64.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8438

secondary

#8EAECF

accent

#91E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8438

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

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