#CA9537#CA9537

#CA9537 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.125 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9537
RGB	rgb(202, 149, 55)
HSL	hsl(38, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 72.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, 10.98, 55.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 56.14, 78.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% 0.0257 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.125 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7965, 34.3301, 8.3547)
Luminance	0.3433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9537 #376CCA

analogous

#CA4B37 #CA9537 #B6CA37

triadic

#CA9537 #37CA95 #9537CA

tetradic

#CA9537 #37CA4B #376CCA #CA37B6

square

#CA9537 #37CA4B #376CCA #CA37B6

split-complementary

#CA9537 #37B6CA #4B37CA

monochromatic

#6A4E1C #9B7229 #CA9537 #D7AF67 #E4C898

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#CA9537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#CA9537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9537

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9537	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9972A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 149, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.125 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb473',
    500: '#ca9537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9537;
$custom-light: #dfb473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.367,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70424,
    "c": 0.12506,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9537

secondary

#8EA5CF

accent

#7EE146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9537

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

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