#CA8A15#CA8A15

#CA8A15 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.139 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8A15
RGB	rgb(202, 138, 21)
HSL	hsl(39, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(39, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 89.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.33, 15.85, 63.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.33, 65.93, 76.09°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% 0.0364 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.139 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5836, 30.7907, 4.8838)
Luminance	0.3079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8A15 #1555CA

analogous

#CA3015 #CA8A15 #AFCA15

triadic

#CA8A15 #15CA8A #8A15CA

tetradic

#CA8A15 #15CA30 #1555CA #CA15AF

square

#CA8A15 #15CA30 #1555CA #CA15AF

split-complementary

#CA8A15 #15AFCA #3015CA

monochromatic

#5B3E09 #93640F #CA8A15 #EAA932 #EFC06A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#CA8A15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#CA8A15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8A15

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8A15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8A15	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09D1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8a15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 138, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.139 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ac62',
    500: '#ca8a15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8a15;
$custom-light: #e0ac62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8a15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.785,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68106,
    "c": 0.13896,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8A15

secondary

#668DD5

accent

#77F830

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#171006

muted

#857F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8A15

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

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