#CA9515#CA9515

#CA9515 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.140 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9515
RGB	rgb(202, 149, 21)
HSL	hsl(42, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 89.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, 9.86, 66.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 66.82, 81.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% 0.0192 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.14 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2425, 34.1084, 5.4368)
Luminance	0.3411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9515 #154ACA

analogous

#CA3A15 #CA9515 #A4CA15

triadic

#CA9515 #15CA95 #9515CA

tetradic

#CA9515 #15CA3A #154ACA #CA15A4

square

#CA9515 #15CA3A #154ACA #CA15A4

split-complementary

#CA9515 #15A4CA #3A15CA

monochromatic

#5B4309 #936C0F #CA9515 #EAB432 #EFC86A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#CA9515 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#CA9515 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9515

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9515	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9515	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A31E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9515;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 149, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.140 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b364',
    500: '#ca9515',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9515;
$custom-light: #e0b364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9515",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.431,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70231,
    "c": 0.14025,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9515

secondary

#6686D5

accent

#6BF830

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EB

border

#D5D0C6

text

#161106

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9515

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

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