#CA8538#CA8538

#CA8538 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.124 H 65.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8538
RGB	rgb(202, 133, 56)
HSL	hsl(32, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(32, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.2%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.33, 19.75, 50.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.33, 54.35, 68.69°)
OKLab	oklab(67.39% 0.0516 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(67.39% 0.124 65.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4610, 29.6202, 7.6956)
Luminance	0.2962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8538 #387DCA

analogous

#CA3C38 #CA8538 #C6CA38

triadic

#CA8538 #38CA85 #8538CA

tetradic

#CA8538 #38CA3C #387DCA #CA38C6

square

#CA8538 #38CA3C #387DCA #CA38C6

split-complementary

#CA8538 #38C6CA #3C38CA

monochromatic

#6B461D #9B6629 #CA8538 #D7A368 #E4C099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#CA8538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#CA8538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8538

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8538	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 133, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.124 65.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa873',
    500: '#ca8538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8538;
$custom-light: #dfa873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.644,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67387,
    "c": 0.12437,
    "h": 65.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8538

secondary

#8EADCF

accent

#90E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8538

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

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