#CA9721#CA9721

#CA9721 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.137 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9721
RGB	rgb(202, 151, 33)
HSL	hsl(42, 72%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(42, 84%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.2%, 83.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, 9.06, 63.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 64.07, 81.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% 0.0178 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.137 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7007, 34.8024, 6.2758)
Luminance	0.3480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9721 #2154CA

analogous

#CA4221 #CA9721 #A8CA21

triadic

#CA9721 #21CA97 #9721CA

tetradic

#CA9721 #21CA42 #2154CA #CA21A8

square

#CA9721 #21CA42 #2154CA #CA21A8

split-complementary

#CA9721 #21A8CA #4221CA

monochromatic

#614810 #957018 #CA9721 #E1B347 #EAC87C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#CA9721 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#CA9721 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9721

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9721	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9721	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A528

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9721;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 151, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.137 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb568',
    500: '#ca9721',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9721;
$custom-light: #dfb568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9721",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.893,
    "s": 71.915,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70673,
    "c": 0.13674,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9721

secondary

#7591D2

accent

#70EF39

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EB

border

#D5D0C6

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9721

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

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