#CA8A39#CA8A39

#CA8A39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.123 H 69.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8A39
RGB	rgb(202, 138, 57)
HSL	hsl(34, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 71.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.53, 17.07, 51.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.53, 54.19, 71.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.33% 0.0439 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(68.33% 0.123 69.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.1866, 31.0319, 8.0594)
Luminance	0.3103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8A39 #3979CA

analogous

#CA4139 #CA8A39 #C2CA39

triadic

#CA8A39 #39CA8A #8A39CA

tetradic

#CA8A39 #39CA41 #3979CA #CA39C2

square

#CA8A39 #39CA41 #3979CA #CA39C2

split-complementary

#CA8A39 #39C2CA #4139CA

monochromatic

#6C491D #9C6A2A #CA8A39 #D7A769 #E4C39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#CA8A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#CA8A39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8A39

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8A39	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7A79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 138, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.123 69.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfac74',
    500: '#ca8a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8a39;
$custom-light: #dfac74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.517,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6833,
    "c": 0.12313,
    "h": 69.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8A39

secondary

#8FACD0

accent

#8BE147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8A39

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

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