#CA8E28#CA8E28

#CA8E28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.132 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8E28
RGB	rgb(202, 142, 40)
HSL	hsl(38, 67%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 80%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 80.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.39, 14.17, 59.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.39, 60.86, 76.53°)
OKLab	oklab(68.96% 0.0332 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(68.96% 0.132 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4157, 32.0587, 6.3825)
Luminance	0.3206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8E28 #2864CA

analogous

#CA3D28 #CA8E28 #B5CA28

triadic

#CA8E28 #28CA8E #8E28CA

tetradic

#CA8E28 #28CA3D #2864CA #CA28B5

square

#CA8E28 #28CA3D #2864CA #CA28B5

split-complementary

#CA8E28 #28B5CA #3D28CA

monochromatic

#644614 #976A1E #CA8E28 #DDAA52 #E7C385

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#CA8E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#CA8E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8E28

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8E28	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49114

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 142, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.132 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ae6b',
    500: '#ca8e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8e28;
$custom-light: #e0ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.778,
    "s": 66.942,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6896,
    "c": 0.1322,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8E28

secondary

#7E9CD0

accent

#7EEA3E

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8E28

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

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