#CA9C38#CA9C38

#CA9C38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.126 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9C38
RGB	rgb(202, 156, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.99, 7.23, 56.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.99, 56.88, 82.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% 0.015 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.126 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9617, 36.6216, 8.8625)
Luminance	0.3662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9C38 #3866CA

analogous

#CA5338 #CA9C38 #AFCA38

triadic

#CA9C38 #38CA9C #9C38CA

tetradic

#CA9C38 #38CA53 #3866CA #CA38AF

square

#CA9C38 #38CA53 #3866CA #CA38AF

split-complementary

#CA9C38 #38AFCA #5338CA

monochromatic

#6B521D #9B7729 #CA9C38 #D7B468 #E4CC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#CA9C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#CA9C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9C38

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9C38	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)

#B09C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.126 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb875',
    500: '#ca9c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9c38;
$custom-light: #deb875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.096,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71813,
    "c": 0.12636,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9C38

secondary

#8EA3CF

accent

#77E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9C38

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

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