#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
RGBrgb(202, 159, 56)
HSLhsl(42, 58%, 51%)
HSVhsv(42, 72%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 21.3%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(67.76, 5.61, 57.18)
CIE-LCHlch(67.76, 57.45, 84.39°)
OKLaboklab(72.41% 0.0103 0.1271)
OKLCHoklch(72.41% 0.128 85.4)
XYZxyz(37.4713, 37.6409, 9.0324)
Luminance0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##CA9F381.002.468.538.53
#FFFFFF2.461.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5321.001.001.00
##0000008.5321.001.001.00

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

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#CA9F38 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva