#CA8B38#CA8B38

#CA8B38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.124 H 70.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8B38
RGB	rgb(202, 139, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.77, 16.48, 52.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.77, 54.66, 72.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% 0.042 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.124 70.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3060, 31.3103, 7.9773)
Luminance	0.3131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8B38 #3877CA

analogous

#CA4238 #CA8B38 #C0CA38

triadic

#CA8B38 #38CA8B #8B38CA

tetradic

#CA8B38 #38CA42 #3877CA #CA38C0

square

#CA8B38 #38CA42 #3877CA #CA38C0

split-complementary

#CA8B38 #38C0CA #4238CA

monochromatic

#6B491D #9B6A29 #CA8B38 #D7A768 #E4C399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#CA8B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#CA8B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8B38

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8B38	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08F2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 139, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.124 70.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfac73',
    500: '#ca8b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8b38;
$custom-light: #dfac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.11,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6851,
    "c": 0.12367,
    "h": 70.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8B38

secondary

#8EAACF

accent

#89E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8B38

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

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