#CA8D36#CA8D36

#CA8D36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.125 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8D36
RGB	rgb(202, 141, 54)
HSL	hsl(35, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 73.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.24, 15.29, 53.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.24, 55.62, 74.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.87% 0.0382 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(68.87% 0.125 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5503, 31.8756, 7.8223)
Luminance	0.3187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8D36 #3673CA

analogous

#CA4336 #CA8D36 #BDCA36

triadic

#CA8D36 #36CA8D #8D36CA

tetradic

#CA8D36 #36CA43 #3673CA #CA36BD

square

#CA8D36 #36CA43 #3673CA #CA36BD

split-complementary

#CA8D36 #36BDCA #4336CA

monochromatic

#6A4A1C #9A6B29 #CA8D36 #D7A866 #E4C497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#CA8D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#CA8D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8D36

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8D36	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2902B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 141, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.125 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfae72',
    500: '#ca8d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8d36;
$custom-light: #dfae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.27,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68872,
    "c": 0.12482,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8D36

secondary

#8DA8CF

accent

#86E146

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8D36

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

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