#CA9036#CA9036

#CA9036 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.125 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9036
RGB	rgb(202, 144, 54)
HSL	hsl(36, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 73.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.98, 13.65, 54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.98, 55.91, 75.87°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% 0.0334 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.125 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9987, 32.7723, 7.9717)
Luminance	0.3277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9036 #3670CA

analogous

#CA4636 #CA9036 #BACA36

triadic

#CA9036 #36CA90 #9036CA

tetradic

#CA9036 #36CA46 #3670CA #CA36BA

square

#CA9036 #36CA46 #3670CA #CA36BA

split-complementary

#CA9036 #36BACA #4636CA

monochromatic

#6A4B1C #9A6E29 #CA9036 #D7AB66 #E4C597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#CA9036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#CA9036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9036

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9036	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5932A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC817D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 144, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.125 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb072',
    500: '#ca9036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9036;
$custom-light: #dfb072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.486,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69446,
    "c": 0.12496,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9036

secondary

#8DA7CF

accent

#83E146

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9036

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

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