#CA8B31#CA8B31

#CA8B31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.128 H 71.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8B31
RGB	rgb(202, 139, 49)
HSL	hsl(35, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(35, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 75.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.72, 16.16, 55.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.72, 57.39, 73.65°)
OKLab	oklab(68.45% 0.0401 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(68.45% 0.128 71.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1466, 31.2465, 7.1379)
Luminance	0.3124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8B31 #3170CA

analogous

#CA3F31 #CA8B31 #BDCA31

triadic

#CA8B31 #31CA8B #8B31CA

tetradic

#CA8B31 #31CA3F #3170CA #CA31BD

square

#CA8B31 #31CA3F #3170CA #CA31BD

split-complementary

#CA8B31 #31BDCA #3F31CA

monochromatic

#674719 #996925 #CA8B31 #D8A760 #E4C291

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#CA8B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#CA8B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8B31

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8B31	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 139, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.128 71.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfac6f',
    500: '#ca8b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8b31;
$custom-light: #dfac6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.294,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68451,
    "c": 0.12763,
    "h": 71.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8B31

secondary

#88A5CF

accent

#86E444

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8B31

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

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