#CA8B15#CA8B15

#CA8B15 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.139 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8B15
RGB	rgb(202, 139, 21)
HSL	hsl(39, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(39, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 89.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.57, 15.30, 64.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.57, 65.98, 76.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.3% 0.0348 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(68.3% 0.139 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7278, 31.0790, 4.9319)
Luminance	0.3108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8B15 #1554CA

analogous

#CA3015 #CA8B15 #AECA15

triadic

#CA8B15 #15CA8B #8B15CA

tetradic

#CA8B15 #15CA30 #1554CA #CA15AE

square

#CA8B15 #15CA30 #1554CA #CA15AE

split-complementary

#CA8B15 #15AECA #3015CA

monochromatic

#5B3F09 #93650F #CA8B15 #EAAA32 #EFC16A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#CA8B15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#CA8B15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8B15

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8B15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8B15	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19D1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8b15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 139, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.139 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ac62',
    500: '#ca8b15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8b15;
$custom-light: #e0ac62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8b15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.116,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68296,
    "c": 0.13897,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8B15

secondary

#668DD5

accent

#76F830

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#171006

muted

#857F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8B15

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

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