#CA9938#CA9938

#CA9938 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.125 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9938
RGB	rgb(202, 153, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, 8.86, 55.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 56.35, 80.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% 0.0197 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.125 81)
XYZ	xyz(36.4645, 35.6272, 8.6968)
Luminance	0.3563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9938 #3869CA

analogous

#CA5038 #CA9938 #B2CA38

triadic

#CA9938 #38CA99 #9938CA

tetradic

#CA9938 #38CA50 #3869CA #CA38B2

square

#CA9938 #38CA50 #3869CA #CA38B2

split-complementary

#CA9938 #38B2CA #5038CA

monochromatic

#6B511D #9B7529 #CA9938 #D7B268 #E4CB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#CA9938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#CA9938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9938

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9938	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 153, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.125 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb674',
    500: '#ca9938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9938;
$custom-light: #dfb674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.863,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71218,
    "c": 0.1254,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.35625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9938

secondary

#8EA4CF

accent

#7AE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9938

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

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