#CA9621#CA9621

#CA9621 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.136 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9621
RGB	rgb(202, 150, 33)
HSL	hsl(42, 72%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(42, 84%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 83.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, 9.60, 63.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 63.94, 81.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% 0.0193 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.136 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5405, 34.4819, 6.2224)
Luminance	0.3448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9621 #2155CA

analogous

#CA4121 #CA9621 #A9CA21

triadic

#CA9621 #21CA96 #9621CA

tetradic

#CA9621 #21CA41 #2155CA #CA21A9

square

#CA9621 #21CA41 #2155CA #CA21A9

split-complementary

#CA9621 #21A9CA #4121CA

monochromatic

#614810 #956F18 #CA9621 #E1B247 #EAC87C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#CA9621 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#CA9621 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9621

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9621	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9621	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A428

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9621;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 150, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.136 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b468',
    500: '#ca9621',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9621;
$custom-light: #e0b468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9621",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 71.915,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70476,
    "c": 0.13649,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9621

secondary

#7592D2

accent

#71EF39

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EB

border

#D5D0C6

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9621

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

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