#CA8C38#CA8C38

#CA8C38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.124 H 71.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8C38
RGB	rgb(202, 140, 56)
HSL	hsl(35, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, 15.93, 52.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 54.74, 73.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.7% 0.0403 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(68.7% 0.124 71)
XYZ	xyz(34.4515, 31.6012, 8.0258)
Luminance	0.3160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8C38 #3876CA

analogous

#CA4338 #CA8C38 #BFCA38

triadic

#CA8C38 #38CA8C #8C38CA

tetradic

#CA8C38 #38CA43 #3876CA #CA38BF

square

#CA8C38 #38CA43 #3876CA #CA38BF

split-complementary

#CA8C38 #38BFCA #4338CA

monochromatic

#6B4A1D #9B6B29 #CA8C38 #D7A868 #E4C499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#CA8C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#CA8C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8C38

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8C38	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1902D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 140, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.124 71.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfad73',
    500: '#ca8c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8c38;
$custom-light: #dfad73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.521,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68699,
    "c": 0.12364,
    "h": 71
  },
  "luminance": 0.31598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8C38

secondary

#8EAACF

accent

#88E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8C38

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

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