#CA9937#CA9937

#CA9937 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.126 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9937
RGB	rgb(202, 153, 55)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 72.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, 8.81, 56.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 56.75, 81.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% 0.0194 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.126 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.4403, 35.6175, 8.5693)
Luminance	0.3562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9937 #3768CA

analogous

#CA4F37 #CA9937 #B1CA37

triadic

#CA9937 #37CA99 #9937CA

tetradic

#CA9937 #37CA4F #3768CA #CA37B1

square

#CA9937 #37CA4F #3768CA #CA37B1

split-complementary

#CA9937 #37B1CA #4F37CA

monochromatic

#6A501C #9B7529 #CA9937 #D7B267 #E4CA98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#CA9937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#CA9937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9937

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9937	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)

#AD9A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 153, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.126 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb674',
    500: '#ca9937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9937;
$custom-light: #dfb674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7121,
    "c": 0.12603,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9937

secondary

#8EA3CF

accent

#7AE146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9937

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

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