#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
RGBrgb(202, 155, 56)
HSLhsl(41, 58%, 51%)
HSVhsv(41, 72%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 23.3%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(66.74, 7.77, 56.16)
CIE-LCHlch(66.74, 56.70, 82.12°)
OKLaboklab(71.61% 0.0166 0.1249)
OKLCHoklch(71.61% 0.126 82.5)
XYZxyz(36.7946, 36.2874, 8.8068)
Luminance0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##CA9B381.002.548.268.26
#FFFFFF2.541.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2621.001.001.00
##0000008.2621.001.001.00

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

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#CA9B38 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva