#CA8C33#CA8C33

#CA8C33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.127 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8C33
RGB	rgb(202, 140, 51)
HSL	hsl(35, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 74.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.97, 15.70, 54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.97, 56.71, 73.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% 0.039 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.127 72)
XYZ	xyz(34.3352, 31.5547, 7.4137)
Luminance	0.3155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8C33 #3371CA

analogous

#CA4033 #CA8C33 #BDCA33

triadic

#CA8C33 #33CA8C #8C33CA

tetradic

#CA8C33 #33CA40 #3371CA #CA33BD

square

#CA8C33 #33CA40 #3371CA #CA33BD

split-complementary

#CA8C33 #33BDCA #4033CA

monochromatic

#68481A #996A27 #CA8C33 #D8A863 #E4C394

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#CA8C33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#CA8C33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8C33

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8C33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8C33	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8c33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 140, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.127 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfad70',
    500: '#ca8c33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8c33;
$custom-light: #dfad70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8c33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.364,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68657,
    "c": 0.12652,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.31552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8C33

secondary

#8AA6CF

accent

#86E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8C33

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

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