#CA9F37#CA9F37

#CA9F37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.128 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9F37
RGB	rgb(202, 159, 55)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 72.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, 5.56, 57.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 57.85, 84.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% 0.01 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.128 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4471, 37.6312, 8.9049)
Luminance	0.3763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9F37 #3762CA

analogous

#CA5537 #CA9F37 #ABCA37

triadic

#CA9F37 #37CA9F #9F37CA

tetradic

#CA9F37 #37CA55 #3762CA #CA37AB

square

#CA9F37 #37CA55 #3762CA #CA37AB

split-complementary

#CA9F37 #37ABCA #5537CA

monochromatic

#6A541C #9B7A29 #CA9F37 #D7B667 #E4CD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CA9F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#CA9F37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9F37

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9F37	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 159, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.128 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debb74',
    500: '#ca9f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9f37;
$custom-light: #debb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.449,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72404,
    "c": 0.12813,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9F37

secondary

#8EA1CF

accent

#74E146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9F37

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

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