#CA9F36#CA9F36

#CA9F36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.129 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9F36
RGB	rgb(202, 159, 54)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 73.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, 5.52, 57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 58.24, 84.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% 0.0098 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.129 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4234, 37.6217, 8.7800)
Luminance	0.3762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9F36 #3661CA

analogous

#CA5536 #CA9F36 #ABCA36

triadic

#CA9F36 #36CA9F #9F36CA

tetradic

#CA9F36 #36CA55 #3661CA #CA36AB

square

#CA9F36 #36CA55 #3661CA #CA36AB

split-complementary

#CA9F36 #36ABCA #5536CA

monochromatic

#6A531C #9A7929 #CA9F36 #D7B666 #E4CD97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CA9F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#CA9F36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9F36

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9F36	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)

#B29E27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 159, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.129 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debb74',
    500: '#ca9f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9f36;
$custom-light: #debb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.568,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72396,
    "c": 0.12876,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9F36

secondary

#8DA0CF

accent

#73E146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9F36

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

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