#CA9D35#CA9D35

#CA9D35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.129 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9D35
RGB	rgb(202, 157, 53)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 73.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, 6.55, 57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 58.24, 83.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% 0.0127 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.129 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0590, 36.9301, 8.5438)
Luminance	0.3693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9D35 #3562CA

analogous

#CA5235 #CA9D35 #ADCA35

triadic

#CA9D35 #35CA9D #9D35CA

tetradic

#CA9D35 #35CA52 #3562CA #CA35AD

square

#CA9D35 #35CA52 #3562CA #CA35AD

split-complementary

#CA9D35 #35ADCA #5235CA

monochromatic

#69521C #9A7728 #CA9D35 #D7B565 #E3CC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CA9D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#CA9D35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9D35

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9D35	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 157, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.129 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb973',
    500: '#ca9d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9d35;
$custom-light: #dfb973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.879,
    "s": 58.431,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71989,
    "c": 0.12858,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9D35

secondary

#8CA0CF

accent

#75E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9D35

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

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