#CA9438#CA9438

#CA9438 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.124 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9438
RGB	rgb(202, 148, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, 11.57, 54.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 55.60, 77.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% 0.0276 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.124 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.6632, 34.0247, 8.4297)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9438 #386ECA

analogous

#CA4B38 #CA9438 #B7CA38

triadic

#CA9438 #38CA94 #9438CA

tetradic

#CA9438 #38CA4B #386ECA #CA38B7

square

#CA9438 #38CA4B #386ECA #CA38B7

split-complementary

#CA9438 #38B7CA #4B38CA

monochromatic

#6B4E1D #9B7129 #CA9438 #D7AE68 #E4C899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#CA9438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#CA9438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9438

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9438	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8962C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 148, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.124 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb374',
    500: '#ca9438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9438;
$custom-light: #dfb374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.808,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70238,
    "c": 0.12425,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9438

secondary

#8EA6CF

accent

#80E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9438

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

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