#CA9238#CA9238

#CA9238 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.124 H 75.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9238
RGB	rgb(202, 146, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.49, 12.66, 53.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.49, 55.35, 76.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% 0.0308 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.124 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.3522, 33.4027, 8.3261)
Luminance	0.3340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9238 #3870CA

analogous

#CA4938 #CA9238 #B9CA38

triadic

#CA9238 #38CA92 #9238CA

tetradic

#CA9238 #38CA49 #3870CA #CA38B9

square

#CA9238 #38CA49 #3870CA #CA38B9

split-complementary

#CA9238 #38B9CA #4938CA

monochromatic

#6B4D1D #9B7029 #CA9238 #D7AC68 #E4C799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#CA9238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#CA9238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9238

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9238	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	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)

#A7942C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 146, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.124 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb174',
    500: '#ca9238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9238;
$custom-light: #dfb174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.986,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69849,
    "c": 0.12396,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9238

secondary

#8EA7CF

accent

#82E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9238

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

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