#CA8D15#CA8D15

#CA8D15 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.139 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8D15
RGB	rgb(202, 141, 21)
HSL	hsl(40, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 89.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.06, 14.21, 64.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.06, 66.10, 77.58°)
OKLab	oklab(68.68% 0.0317 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(68.68% 0.139 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0200, 31.6635, 5.0293)
Luminance	0.3166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8D15 #1552CA

analogous

#CA3215 #CA8D15 #ACCA15

triadic

#CA8D15 #15CA8D #8D15CA

tetradic

#CA8D15 #15CA32 #1552CA #CA15AC

square

#CA8D15 #15CA32 #1552CA #CA15AC

split-complementary

#CA8D15 #15ACCA #3215CA

monochromatic

#5B4009 #93660F #CA8D15 #EAAC32 #EFC26A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#CA8D15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#CA8D15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8D15

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8D15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8D15	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8d15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 141, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.139 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ae63',
    500: '#ca8d15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8d15;
$custom-light: #e0ae63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8d15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.779,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68678,
    "c": 0.13907,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8D15

secondary

#668BD5

accent

#73F830

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#161006

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8D15

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

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