#CA8E21#CA8E21

#CA8E21 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.135 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8E21
RGB	rgb(202, 142, 33)
HSL	hsl(39, 72%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 84%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 83.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.36, 13.95, 61.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.36, 63.08, 77.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% 0.0319 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.135 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3072, 32.0153, 5.8113)
Luminance	0.3201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8E21 #215DCA

analogous

#CA3921 #CA8E21 #B1CA21

triadic

#CA8E21 #21CA8E #8E21CA

tetradic

#CA8E21 #21CA39 #215DCA #CA21B1

square

#CA8E21 #21CA39 #215DCA #CA21B1

split-complementary

#CA8E21 #21B1CA #3921CA

monochromatic

#614410 #956918 #CA8E21 #E1AA47 #EAC37C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#CA8E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#CA8E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8E21

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8E21	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49102

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 142, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.135 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ae67',
    500: '#ca8e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8e21;
$custom-light: #e0ae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.698,
    "s": 71.915,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68921,
    "c": 0.13518,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8E21

secondary

#7596D2

accent

#7AEF39

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8E21

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

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