#CA9236#CA9236

#CA9236 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.125 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9236
RGB	rgb(202, 146, 54)
HSL	hsl(37, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 73.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.47, 12.56, 54.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.47, 56.14, 77.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% 0.0302 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.125 76)
XYZ	xyz(35.3043, 33.3835, 8.0736)
Luminance	0.3338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9236 #366ECA

analogous

#CA4836 #CA9236 #B8CA36

triadic

#CA9236 #36CA92 #9236CA

tetradic

#CA9236 #36CA48 #366ECA #CA36B8

square

#CA9236 #36CA48 #366ECA #CA36B8

split-complementary

#CA9236 #36B8CA #4836CA

monochromatic

#6A4C1C #9A6F29 #CA9236 #D7AC66 #E4C797

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#CA9236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#CA9236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9236

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9236	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7942A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 146, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.125 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb172',
    500: '#ca9236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9236;
$custom-light: #dfb172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.297,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69832,
    "c": 0.12517,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.33381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9236

secondary

#8DA6CF

accent

#81E146

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9236

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

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