#CA9538#CA9538

#CA9538 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.124 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9538
RGB	rgb(202, 149, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, 11.03, 54.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 55.74, 78.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% 0.026 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.124 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8207, 34.3397, 8.4822)
Luminance	0.3434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9538 #386DCA

analogous

#CA4C38 #CA9538 #B6CA38

triadic

#CA9538 #38CA95 #9538CA

tetradic

#CA9538 #38CA4C #386DCA #CA38B6

square

#CA9538 #38CA4C #386DCA #CA38B6

split-complementary

#CA9538 #38B6CA #4C38CA

monochromatic

#6B4F1D #9B7229 #CA9538 #D7AF68 #E4C899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#CA9538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#CA9538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9538

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9538	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)

#A9972C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 149, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.124 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb474',
    500: '#ca9538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9538;
$custom-light: #dfb474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.219,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70433,
    "c": 0.12444,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9538

secondary

#8EA6CF

accent

#7FE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9538

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

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