#CA9A36#CA9A36

#CA9A36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.127 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9A36
RGB	rgb(202, 154, 54)
HSL	hsl(41, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 73.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, 8.22, 56.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 57.31, 81.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% 0.0176 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.127 82)
XYZ	xyz(36.5809, 35.9368, 8.4991)
Luminance	0.3593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9A36 #3666CA

analogous

#CA5036 #CA9A36 #B0CA36

triadic

#CA9A36 #36CA9A #9A36CA

tetradic

#CA9A36 #36CA50 #3666CA #CA36B0

square

#CA9A36 #36CA50 #3666CA #CA36B0

split-complementary

#CA9A36 #36B0CA #5036CA

monochromatic

#6A501C #9A7529 #CA9A36 #D7B266 #E4CB97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#CA9A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#CA9A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9A36

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9A36	1.00	2.57	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 154, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.127 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb773',
    500: '#ca9a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9a36;
$custom-light: #dfb773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.541,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.714,
    "c": 0.12694,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.35934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9A36

secondary

#8DA2CF

accent

#79E146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9A36

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

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