#CA9838#CA9838

#CA9838 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.125 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9838
RGB	rgb(202, 152, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.8%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, 9.40, 55.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 56.19, 80.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% 0.0213 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.125 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.3015, 35.3013, 8.6425)
Luminance	0.3530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9838 #386ACA

analogous

#CA4F38 #CA9838 #B3CA38

triadic

#CA9838 #38CA98 #9838CA

tetradic

#CA9838 #38CA4F #386ACA #CA38B3

square

#CA9838 #38CA4F #386ACA #CA38B3

split-complementary

#CA9838 #38B3CA #4F38CA

monochromatic

#6B501D #9B7429 #CA9838 #D7B168 #E4CA99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#CA9838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#CA9838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9838

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9838	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)

#AC992B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 152, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.125 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb674',
    500: '#ca9838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9838;
$custom-light: #dfb674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.452,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71021,
    "c": 0.12513,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9838

secondary

#8EA5CF

accent

#7CE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9838

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

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