#CA9E34#CA9E34

#CA9E34 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.130 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9E34
RGB	rgb(202, 158, 52)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 74.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, 5.97, 58.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 58.81, 84.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% 0.0108 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.13 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2061, 37.2608, 8.4806)
Luminance	0.3726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9E34 #3460CA

analogous

#CA5334 #CA9E34 #ABCA34

triadic

#CA9E34 #34CA9E #9E34CA

tetradic

#CA9E34 #34CA53 #3460CA #CA34AB

square

#CA9E34 #34CA53 #3460CA #CA34AB

split-complementary

#CA9E34 #34ABCA #5334CA

monochromatic

#69521B #997827 #CA9E34 #D7B564 #E4CD95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CA9E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#CA9E34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9E34

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9E34	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 158, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.130 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfba72',
    500: '#ca9e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9e34;
$custom-light: #dfba72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.4,
    "s": 59.055,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72181,
    "c": 0.12957,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9E34

secondary

#8B9FCF

accent

#74E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9E34

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

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