#CA8D21#CA8D21

#CA8D21 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.135 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8D21
RGB	rgb(202, 141, 33)
HSL	hsl(38, 72%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(38, 84%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 83.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, 14.50, 61.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 63.00, 76.70°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% 0.0335 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.135 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1591, 31.7191, 5.7619)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8D21 #215ECA

analogous

#CA3821 #CA8D21 #B2CA21

triadic

#CA8D21 #21CA8D #8D21CA

tetradic

#CA8D21 #21CA38 #215ECA #CA21B2

square

#CA8D21 #21CA38 #215ECA #CA21B2

split-complementary

#CA8D21 #21B2CA #3821CA

monochromatic

#614410 #956818 #CA8D21 #E1A947 #EAC27C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#CA8D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#CA8D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8D21

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8D21	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39003

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 141, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.135 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ae67',
    500: '#ca8d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8d21;
$custom-light: #e0ae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.343,
    "s": 71.915,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68729,
    "c": 0.13512,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8D21

secondary

#7597D2

accent

#7BEF39

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8D21

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

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