#CA9935#CA9935

#CA9935 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.127 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9935
RGB	rgb(202, 153, 53)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 73.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, 8.71, 56.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 57.53, 81.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% 0.0189 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.127 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.3933, 35.5988, 8.3219)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9935 #3566CA

analogous

#CA4E35 #CA9935 #B1CA35

triadic

#CA9935 #35CA99 #9935CA

tetradic

#CA9935 #35CA4E #3566CA #CA35B1

square

#CA9935 #35CA4E #3566CA #CA35B1

split-complementary

#CA9935 #35B1CA #4E35CA

monochromatic

#69501C #9A7428 #CA9935 #D7B165 #E3CA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#CA9935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#CA9935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9935

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9935	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 153, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.127 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb673',
    500: '#ca9935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9935;
$custom-light: #dfb673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.268,
    "s": 58.431,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71194,
    "c": 0.12725,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9935

secondary

#8CA2CF

accent

#79E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9935

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

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