#CA9D38#CA9D38

#CA9D38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.127 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9D38
RGB	rgb(202, 157, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, 6.69, 56.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 57.06, 83.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% 0.0134 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.127 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.1302, 36.9586, 8.9187)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9D38 #3865CA

analogous

#CA5438 #CA9D38 #AECA38

triadic

#CA9D38 #38CA9D #9D38CA

tetradic

#CA9D38 #38CA54 #3865CA #CA38AE

square

#CA9D38 #38CA54 #3865CA #CA38AE

split-complementary

#CA9D38 #38AECA #5438CA

monochromatic

#6B531D #9B7829 #CA9D38 #D7B568 #E4CD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CA9D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#CA9D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9D38

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9D38	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)

#B09D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 157, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.127 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb975',
    500: '#ca9d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9d38;
$custom-light: #deb975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.507,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72012,
    "c": 0.12672,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9D38

secondary

#8EA2CF

accent

#76E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9D38

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

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