#CA9F34#CA9F34

#CA9F34 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.130 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9F34
RGB	rgb(202, 159, 52)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 74.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, 5.43, 58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 59.00, 84.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% 0.0093 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.13 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3774, 37.6033, 8.5377)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9F34 #345FCA

analogous

#CA5434 #CA9F34 #AACA34

triadic

#CA9F34 #34CA9F #9F34CA

tetradic

#CA9F34 #34CA54 #345FCA #CA34AA

square

#CA9F34 #34CA54 #345FCA #CA34AA

split-complementary

#CA9F34 #34AACA #5434CA

monochromatic

#69521B #997927 #CA9F34 #D7B664 #E4CD95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CA9F34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#CA9F34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9F34

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9F34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9F34	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9f34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 159, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.130 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbb73',
    500: '#ca9f34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9f34;
$custom-light: #dfbb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9f34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.8,
    "s": 59.055,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72381,
    "c": 0.12998,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9F34

secondary

#8B9ECF

accent

#72E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9F34

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

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