#CA9521#CA9521

#CA9521 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.136 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9521
RGB	rgb(202, 149, 33)
HSL	hsl(41, 72%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(41, 84%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 83.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, 10.14, 63.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 63.81, 80.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% 0.0209 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.136 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3816, 34.1641, 6.1694)
Luminance	0.3416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9521 #2156CA

analogous

#CA4021 #CA9521 #AACA21

triadic

#CA9521 #21CA95 #9521CA

tetradic

#CA9521 #21CA40 #2156CA #CA21AA

square

#CA9521 #21CA40 #2156CA #CA21AA

split-complementary

#CA9521 #21AACA #4021CA

monochromatic

#614710 #956E18 #CA9521 #E1B147 #EAC77C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#CA9521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#CA9521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9521

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9521	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 149, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.136 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b368',
    500: '#ca9521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9521;
$custom-light: #e0b368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.183,
    "s": 71.915,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7028,
    "c": 0.13625,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9521

secondary

#7592D2

accent

#72EF39

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EB

border

#D5D0C6

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9521

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

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