#CA9638#CA9638

#CA9638 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.125 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9638
RGB	rgb(202, 150, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, 10.48, 54.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 55.88, 79.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% 0.0244 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.125 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9796, 34.6575, 8.5352)
Luminance	0.3466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9638 #386CCA

analogous

#CA4D38 #CA9638 #B5CA38

triadic

#CA9638 #38CA96 #9638CA

tetradic

#CA9638 #38CA4D #386CCA #CA38B5

square

#CA9638 #38CA4D #386CCA #CA38B5

split-complementary

#CA9638 #38B5CA #4D38CA

monochromatic

#6B4F1D #9B7329 #CA9638 #D7AF68 #E4C999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#CA9638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#CA9638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9638

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9638	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA972B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 150, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.125 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb474',
    500: '#ca9638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9638;
$custom-light: #dfb474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.63,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70628,
    "c": 0.12465,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9638

secondary

#8EA6CF

accent

#7EE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9638

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

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