#CA8E36#CA8E36

#CA8E36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.125 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8E36
RGB	rgb(202, 142, 54)
HSL	hsl(36, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 73.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.48, 14.74, 53.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.48, 55.71, 74.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% 0.0366 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.125 73)
XYZ	xyz(34.6984, 32.1718, 7.8716)
Luminance	0.3217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8E36 #3672CA

analogous

#CA4436 #CA8E36 #BCCA36

triadic

#CA8E36 #36CA8E #8E36CA

tetradic

#CA8E36 #36CA44 #3672CA #CA36BC

square

#CA8E36 #36CA44 #3672CA #CA36BC

split-complementary

#CA8E36 #36BCCA #4436CA

monochromatic

#6A4A1C #9A6C29 #CA8E36 #D7A966 #E4C497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#CA8E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#CA8E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8E36

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8E36	1.00	2.82	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3912A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 142, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.125 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfaf72',
    500: '#ca8e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8e36;
$custom-light: #dfaf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.676,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69063,
    "c": 0.12484,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.32169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8E36

secondary

#8DA8CF

accent

#85E146

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8E36

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

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