#CA9B38#CA9B38

#CA9B38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.126 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9B38
RGB	rgb(202, 155, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, 7.77, 56.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 56.70, 82.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% 0.0166 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.126 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7946, 36.2874, 8.8068)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9B38 #3867CA

analogous

#CA5238 #CA9B38 #B0CA38

triadic

#CA9B38 #38CA9B #9B38CA

tetradic

#CA9B38 #38CA52 #3867CA #CA38B0

square

#CA9B38 #38CA52 #3867CA #CA38B0

split-complementary

#CA9B38 #38B0CA #5238CA

monochromatic

#6B521D #9B7729 #CA9B38 #D7B368 #E4CC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#CA9B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#CA9B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9B38

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9B38	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 155, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.126 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb874',
    500: '#ca9b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9b38;
$custom-light: #deb874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.685,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71614,
    "c": 0.12601,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9B38

secondary

#8EA3CF

accent

#78E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9B38

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

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