#CA9138#CA9138

#CA9138 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.124 H 74.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9138
RGB	rgb(202, 145, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.24, 13.20, 53.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.24, 55.23, 76.17°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% 0.0324 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.124 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1987, 33.0957, 8.2749)
Luminance	0.3309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9138 #3871CA

analogous

#CA4838 #CA9138 #BACA38

triadic

#CA9138 #38CA91 #9138CA

tetradic

#CA9138 #38CA48 #3871CA #CA38BA

square

#CA9138 #38CA48 #3871CA #CA38BA

split-complementary

#CA9138 #38BACA #4838CA

monochromatic

#6B4C1D #9B6F29 #CA9138 #D7AC68 #E4C699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#CA9138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#CA9138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9138

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9138	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6942C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC827F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 145, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.124 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb174',
    500: '#ca9138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9138;
$custom-light: #dfb174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.575,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69656,
    "c": 0.12384,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9138

secondary

#8EA8CF

accent

#83E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9138

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

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