#CA9936#CA9936

#CA9936 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.127 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9936
RGB	rgb(202, 153, 54)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 73.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, 8.76, 56.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 57.14, 81.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% 0.0192 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.127 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4165, 35.6081, 8.4443)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9936 #3667CA

analogous

#CA4F36 #CA9936 #B1CA36

triadic

#CA9936 #36CA99 #9936CA

tetradic

#CA9936 #36CA4F #3667CA #CA36B1

square

#CA9936 #36CA4F #3667CA #CA36B1

split-complementary

#CA9936 #36B1CA #4F36CA

monochromatic

#6A501C #9A7529 #CA9936 #D7B266 #E4CA97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#CA9936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#CA9936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9936

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9936	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)

#AD9A28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 153, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.127 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb673',
    500: '#ca9936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9936;
$custom-light: #dfb673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.135,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71202,
    "c": 0.12665,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9936

secondary

#8DA3CF

accent

#7AE146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9936

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

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