#CA9E38#CA9E38

#CA9E38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.127 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9E38
RGB	rgb(202, 158, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, 6.15, 56.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 57.26, 83.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% 0.0119 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.127 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3001, 37.2984, 8.9753)
Luminance	0.3730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9E38 #3864CA

analogous

#CA5538 #CA9E38 #ADCA38

triadic

#CA9E38 #38CA9E #9E38CA

tetradic

#CA9E38 #38CA55 #3864CA #CA38AD

square

#CA9E38 #38CA55 #3864CA #CA38AD

split-complementary

#CA9E38 #38ADCA #5538CA

monochromatic

#6B531D #9B7929 #CA9E38 #D7B668 #E4CD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CA9E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#CA9E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9E38

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9E38	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 158, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.127 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deba75',
    500: '#ca9e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9e38;
$custom-light: #deba75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.918,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72212,
    "c": 0.1271,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9E38

secondary

#8EA2CF

accent

#75E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9E38

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

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