#CA9311#CA9311

#CA9311 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.141 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9311
RGB	rgb(202, 147, 17)
HSL	hsl(42, 84%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(42, 92%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 91.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, 10.88, 66.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 67.40, 80.71°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% 0.0218 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.141 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8946, 33.4674, 5.1523)
Luminance	0.3346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9311 #1148CA

analogous

#CA3611 #CA9311 #A4CA11

triadic

#CA9311 #11CA93 #9311CA

tetradic

#CA9311 #11CA36 #1148CA #CA11A4

square

#CA9311 #11CA36 #1148CA #CA11A4

split-complementary

#CA9311 #11A4CA #3611CA

monochromatic

#594107 #926A0C #CA9311 #EDB32B #F2C863

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#CA9311 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#CA9311 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9311

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9311	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9311	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A21B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC837D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9311;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 147, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.141 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b262',
    500: '#ca9311',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9311;
$custom-light: #e0b262;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9311",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.162,
    "s": 84.475,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69827,
    "c": 0.14085,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9311

secondary

#6184D6

accent

#6AFB2D

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF5EB

border

#D5CFC6

text

#161006

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9311

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

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