#CA9C36#CA9C36

#CA9C36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.128 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9C36
RGB	rgb(202, 156, 54)
HSL	hsl(41, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 73.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, 7.14, 57.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 57.66, 82.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% 0.0145 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.128 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9137, 36.6025, 8.6101)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9C36 #3664CA

analogous

#CA5236 #CA9C36 #AECA36

triadic

#CA9C36 #36CA9C #9C36CA

tetradic

#CA9C36 #36CA52 #3664CA #CA36AE

square

#CA9C36 #36CA52 #3664CA #CA36AE

split-complementary

#CA9C36 #36AECA #5236CA

monochromatic

#6A521C #9A7729 #CA9C36 #D7B466 #E4CC97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#CA9C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#CA9C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9C36

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9C36	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	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)

#B09C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.128 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb873',
    500: '#ca9c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9c36;
$custom-light: #dfb873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.351,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71797,
    "c": 0.12761,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9C36

secondary

#8DA1CF

accent

#77E146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9C36

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

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