#CA9E35#CA9E35

#CA9E35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.129 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9E35
RGB	rgb(202, 158, 53)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 73.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, 6.01, 58.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 58.43, 84.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% 0.0111 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.129 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2289, 37.2699, 8.6005)
Luminance	0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9E35 #3561CA

analogous

#CA5435 #CA9E35 #ABCA35

triadic

#CA9E35 #35CA9E #9E35CA

tetradic

#CA9E35 #35CA54 #3561CA #CA35AB

square

#CA9E35 #35CA54 #3561CA #CA35AB

split-complementary

#CA9E35 #35ABCA #5435CA

monochromatic

#69521C #9A7828 #CA9E35 #D7B565 #E3CD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CA9E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#CA9E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9E35

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9E35	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)

#B29E25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 158, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.129 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfba73',
    500: '#ca9e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9e35;
$custom-light: #dfba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.282,
    "s": 58.431,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72188,
    "c": 0.12897,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9E35

secondary

#8CA0CF

accent

#74E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9E35

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

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