#CA9F38#CA9F38

#CA9F38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.128 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9F38
RGB	rgb(202, 159, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, 5.61, 57.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 57.45, 84.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% 0.0103 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.128 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4713, 37.6409, 9.0324)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9F38 #3863CA

analogous

#CA5638 #CA9F38 #ACCA38

triadic

#CA9F38 #38CA9F #9F38CA

tetradic

#CA9F38 #38CA56 #3863CA #CA38AC

square

#CA9F38 #38CA56 #3863CA #CA38AC

split-complementary

#CA9F38 #38ACCA #5638CA

monochromatic

#6B541D #9B7A29 #CA9F38 #D7B668 #E4CE99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CA9F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#CA9F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9F38

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9F38	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)

#B29E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 159, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.128 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debb75',
    500: '#ca9f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9f38;
$custom-light: #debb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.329,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72412,
    "c": 0.12751,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9F38

secondary

#8EA2CF

accent

#74E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9F38

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

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