#CA9536#CA9536

#CA9536 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.126 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9536
RGB	rgb(202, 149, 54)
HSL	hsl(39, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(39, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 73.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, 10.93, 55.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 56.53, 78.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% 0.0255 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.126 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7728, 34.3206, 8.2298)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9536 #366BCA

analogous

#CA4B36 #CA9536 #B5CA36

triadic

#CA9536 #36CA95 #9536CA

tetradic

#CA9536 #36CA4B #366BCA #CA36B5

square

#CA9536 #36CA4B #366BCA #CA36B5

split-complementary

#CA9536 #36B5CA #4B36CA

monochromatic

#6A4E1C #9A7229 #CA9536 #D7AF66 #E4C897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#CA9536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#CA9536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9536

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9536	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 149, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.126 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb373',
    500: '#ca9536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9536;
$custom-light: #dfb373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.514,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70416,
    "c": 0.12567,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9536

secondary

#8DA5CF

accent

#7EE146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9536

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

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