#CA8838#CA8838

#CA8838 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.124 H 67.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8838
RGB	rgb(202, 136, 56)
HSL	hsl(33, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.04, 18.12, 51.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.04, 54.47, 70.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.94% 0.0468 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(67.94% 0.124 67.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8776, 30.4534, 7.8345)
Luminance	0.3045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8838 #387ACA

analogous

#CA3F38 #CA8838 #C3CA38

triadic

#CA8838 #38CA88 #8838CA

tetradic

#CA8838 #38CA3F #387ACA #CA38C3

square

#CA8838 #38CA3F #387ACA #CA38C3

split-complementary

#CA8838 #38C3CA #3F38CA

monochromatic

#6B481D #9B6829 #CA8838 #D7A568 #E4C299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#CA8838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#CA8838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8838

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8838	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7877

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 136, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.124 67.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfaa73',
    500: '#ca8838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8838;
$custom-light: #dfaa73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.877,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67945,
    "c": 0.12391,
    "h": 67.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8838

secondary

#8EACCF

accent

#8CE147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8838

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

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