#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
RGBrgb(202, 140, 56)
HSLhsl(35, 58%, 51%)
HSVhsv(35, 72%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 30.7%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(63.01, 15.93, 52.37)
CIE-LCHlch(63.01, 54.74, 73.08°)
OKLaboklab(68.7% 0.0403 0.1169)
OKLCHoklch(68.7% 0.124 71)
XYZxyz(34.4515, 31.6012, 8.0258)
Luminance0.3160 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##CA8C381.002.877.327.32
#FFFFFF2.871.0021.0021.00
#0000007.3221.001.001.00
##0000007.3221.001.001.00

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

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#CA8C38 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva