#CA9835#CA9835

#CA9835 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.127 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9835
RGB	rgb(202, 152, 53)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.8%, 73.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, 9.26, 56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 57.37, 80.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71% 0.0205 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.127 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2303, 35.2728, 8.2676)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9835 #3567CA

analogous

#CA4E35 #CA9835 #B1CA35

triadic

#CA9835 #35CA98 #9835CA

tetradic

#CA9835 #35CA4E #3567CA #CA35B1

square

#CA9835 #35CA4E #3567CA #CA35B1

split-complementary

#CA9835 #35B1CA #4E35CA

monochromatic

#694F1C #9A7428 #CA9835 #D7B165 #E3C996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#CA9835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#CA9835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9835

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9835	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 152, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.127 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb672',
    500: '#ca9835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9835;
$custom-light: #dfb672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.866,
    "s": 58.431,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70997,
    "c": 0.12697,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9835

secondary

#8CA2CF

accent

#7AE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9835

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

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