#CA9211#CA9211

#CA9211 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.141 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9211
RGB	rgb(202, 146, 17)
HSL	hsl(42, 84%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(42, 92%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 91.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.29, 11.42, 66.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.29, 67.31, 80.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% 0.0234 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.141 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7398, 33.1577, 5.1006)
Luminance	0.3316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9211 #1149CA

analogous

#CA3611 #CA9211 #A5CA11

triadic

#CA9211 #11CA92 #9211CA

tetradic

#CA9211 #11CA36 #1149CA #CA11A5

square

#CA9211 #11CA36 #1149CA #CA11A5

split-complementary

#CA9211 #11A5CA #3611CA

monochromatic

#594007 #92690C #CA9211 #EDB22B #F2C763

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#CA9211 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#CA9211 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9211

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9211	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9211	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A21B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC827C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9211;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 146, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.141 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b162',
    500: '#ca9211',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9211;
$custom-light: #e0b162;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9211",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.838,
    "s": 84.475,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69632,
    "c": 0.14067,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9211

secondary

#6184D6

accent

#6BFB2D

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF5EB

border

#D5CFC6

text

#161006

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9211

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

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