#CA9C34#CA9C34

#CA9C34 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.129 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9C34
RGB	rgb(202, 156, 52)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 74.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, 7.04, 58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 58.44, 83.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% 0.014 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.129 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.8677, 36.5841, 8.3678)
Luminance	0.3658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9C34 #3462CA

analogous

#CA5134 #CA9C34 #ADCA34

triadic

#CA9C34 #34CA9C #9C34CA

tetradic

#CA9C34 #34CA51 #3462CA #CA34AD

square

#CA9C34 #34CA51 #3462CA #CA34AD

split-complementary

#CA9C34 #34ADCA #5134CA

monochromatic

#69511B #997627 #CA9C34 #D7B464 #E4CB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CA9C34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#CA9C34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9C34

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9C34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9C34	1.00	2.53	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9c34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.129 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb872',
    500: '#ca9c34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9c34;
$custom-light: #dfb872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9c34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.6,
    "s": 59.055,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71781,
    "c": 0.12882,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9C34

secondary

#8BA0CF

accent

#76E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9C34

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

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