#CA8F21#CA8F21

#CA8F21 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.135 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8F21
RGB	rgb(202, 143, 33)
HSL	hsl(39, 72%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 84%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.2%, 83.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.60, 13.41, 61.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.60, 63.17, 77.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.11% 0.0303 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(69.11% 0.135 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4567, 32.3142, 5.8611)
Luminance	0.3231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8F21 #215CCA

analogous

#CA3A21 #CA8F21 #B0CA21

triadic

#CA8F21 #21CA8F #8F21CA

tetradic

#CA8F21 #21CA3A #215CCA #CA21B0

square

#CA8F21 #21CA3A #215CCA #CA21B0

split-complementary

#CA8F21 #21B0CA #3A21CA

monochromatic

#614510 #956A18 #CA8F21 #E1AB47 #EAC37C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#CA8F21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#CA8F21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8F21

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8F21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8F21	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59102

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A026

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8f21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 143, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.135 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0af67',
    500: '#ca8f21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8f21;
$custom-light: #e0af67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8f21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.053,
    "s": 71.915,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69113,
    "c": 0.13528,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8F21

secondary

#7595D2

accent

#79EF39

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8F21

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

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