#CA8938#CA8938

#CA8938 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.124 H 68.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8938
RGB	rgb(202, 137, 56)
HSL	hsl(33, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.28, 17.57, 51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.28, 54.53, 71.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.13% 0.0452 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(68.13% 0.124 68.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0191, 30.7364, 7.8817)
Luminance	0.3073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8938 #3879CA

analogous

#CA4038 #CA8938 #C2CA38

triadic

#CA8938 #38CA89 #8938CA

tetradic

#CA8938 #38CA40 #3879CA #CA38C2

square

#CA8938 #38CA40 #3879CA #CA38C2

split-complementary

#CA8938 #38C2CA #4038CA

monochromatic

#6B481D #9B6929 #CA8938 #D7A668 #E4C299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#CA8938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#CA8938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8938

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8938	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7978

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 137, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.124 68.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfab73',
    500: '#ca8938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8938;
$custom-light: #dfab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.288,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68133,
    "c": 0.1238,
    "h": 68.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8938

secondary

#8EABCF

accent

#8BE147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8938

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

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