#CA8C15#CA8C15

#CA8C15 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.139 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8C15
RGB	rgb(202, 140, 21)
HSL	hsl(39, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(39, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 89.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.82, 14.76, 64.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.82, 66.04, 77.09°)
OKLab	oklab(68.49% 0.0332 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(68.49% 0.139 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8732, 31.3699, 4.9804)
Luminance	0.3137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8C15 #1553CA

analogous

#CA3215 #CA8C15 #ADCA15

triadic

#CA8C15 #15CA8C #8C15CA

tetradic

#CA8C15 #15CA32 #1553CA #CA15AD

square

#CA8C15 #15CA32 #1553CA #CA15AD

split-complementary

#CA8C15 #15ADCA #3215CA

monochromatic

#5B3F09 #93660F #CA8C15 #EAAB32 #EFC26A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#CA8C15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#CA8C15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8C15

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8C15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8C15	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A38F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19E1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8c15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 140, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.139 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ad62',
    500: '#ca8c15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8c15;
$custom-light: #e0ad62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8c15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.448,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68487,
    "c": 0.13902,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8C15

secondary

#668CD5

accent

#75F830

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#161006

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8C15

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

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