#CA9A38#CA9A38

#CA9A38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.126 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9A38
RGB	rgb(202, 154, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, 8.31, 55.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 56.52, 81.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% 0.0181 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.126 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6288, 35.9559, 8.7516)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9A38 #3868CA

analogous

#CA5138 #CA9A38 #B1CA38

triadic

#CA9A38 #38CA9A #9A38CA

tetradic

#CA9A38 #38CA51 #3868CA #CA38B1

square

#CA9A38 #38CA51 #3868CA #CA38B1

split-complementary

#CA9A38 #38B1CA #5138CA

monochromatic

#6B511D #9B7629 #CA9A38 #D7B368 #E4CB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CA9A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#CA9A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9A38

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9A38	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	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)

#AE9B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 154, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.126 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb774',
    500: '#ca9a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9a38;
$custom-light: #dfb774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.274,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71416,
    "c": 0.12569,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9A38

secondary

#8EA4CF

accent

#79E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9A38

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

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