#CA8E15#CA8E15

#CA8E15 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.139 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8E15
RGB	rgb(202, 142, 21)
HSL	hsl(40, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 89.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.31, 13.67, 64.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.31, 66.17, 78.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.87% 0.0301 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(68.87% 0.139 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1681, 31.9597, 5.0786)
Luminance	0.3196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8E15 #1551CA

analogous

#CA3315 #CA8E15 #ABCA15

triadic

#CA8E15 #15CA8E #8E15CA

tetradic

#CA8E15 #15CA33 #1551CA #CA15AB

square

#CA8E15 #15CA33 #1551CA #CA15AB

split-complementary

#CA8E15 #15ABCA #3315CA

monochromatic

#5B4009 #93670F #CA8E15 #EAAD32 #EFC36A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#CA8E15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#CA8E15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8E15

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8E15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8E15	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B39F1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 142, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.139 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ae63',
    500: '#ca8e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8e15;
$custom-light: #e0ae63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.11,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6887,
    "c": 0.13915,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8E15

secondary

#668BD5

accent

#72F830

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#161006

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8E15

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

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