#CA9221#CA9221

#CA9221 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.136 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9221
RGB	rgb(202, 146, 33)
HSL	hsl(40, 72%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 84%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 83.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.34, 11.77, 62.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.34, 63.46, 79.31°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% 0.0256 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.136 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9131, 33.2270, 6.0132)
Luminance	0.3322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9221 #2159CA

analogous

#CA3D21 #CA9221 #ADCA21

triadic

#CA9221 #21CA92 #9221CA

tetradic

#CA9221 #21CA3D #2159CA #CA21AD

square

#CA9221 #21CA3D #2159CA #CA21AD

split-complementary

#CA9221 #21ADCA #3D21CA

monochromatic

#614610 #956C18 #CA9221 #E1AE47 #EAC57C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#CA9221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#CA9221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9221

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9221	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 146, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.136 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b168',
    500: '#ca9221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9221;
$custom-light: #e0b168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.118,
    "s": 71.915,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69694,
    "c": 0.13566,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9221

secondary

#7594D2

accent

#75EF39

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF5EB

border

#D5CFC6

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9221

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

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