#CA9836#CA9836

#CA9836 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.126 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9836
RGB	rgb(202, 152, 54)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.8%, 73.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, 9.30, 56.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 56.98, 80.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71% 0.0207 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.126 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2536, 35.2821, 8.3900)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9836 #3668CA

analogous

#CA4E36 #CA9836 #B2CA36

triadic

#CA9836 #36CA98 #9836CA

tetradic

#CA9836 #36CA4E #3668CA #CA36B2

square

#CA9836 #36CA4E #3668CA #CA36B2

split-complementary

#CA9836 #36B2CA #4E36CA

monochromatic

#6A4F1C #9A7429 #CA9836 #D7B166 #E4CA97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#CA9836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#CA9836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9836

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9836	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 152, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.126 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb673',
    500: '#ca9836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9836;
$custom-light: #dfb673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.73,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71004,
    "c": 0.12636,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9836

secondary

#8DA3CF

accent

#7BE146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9836

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

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