#CA8738#CA8738

#CA8738 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.124 H 67.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8738
RGB	rgb(202, 135, 56)
HSL	hsl(32, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(32, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.2%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.80, 18.66, 51.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.80, 54.42, 69.95°)
OKLab	oklab(67.76% 0.0484 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(67.76% 0.124 67)
XYZ	xyz(33.7374, 30.1731, 7.7878)
Luminance	0.3017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8738 #387BCA

analogous

#CA3E38 #CA8738 #C4CA38

triadic

#CA8738 #38CA87 #8738CA

tetradic

#CA8738 #38CA3E #387BCA #CA38C4

square

#CA8738 #38CA3E #387BCA #CA38C4

split-complementary

#CA8738 #38C4CA #3E38CA

monochromatic

#6B471D #9B6729 #CA8738 #D7A468 #E4C199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#CA8738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#CA8738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8738

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8738	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7776

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 135, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.124 67.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfaa73',
    500: '#ca8738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8738;
$custom-light: #dfaa73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.466,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67758,
    "c": 0.12404,
    "h": 67
  },
  "luminance": 0.3017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8738

secondary

#8EACCF

accent

#8EE147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8738

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

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