#CA9815#CA9815

#CA9815 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.141 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9815
RGB	rgb(202, 152, 21)
HSL	hsl(43, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(43, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.8%, 89.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, 8.23, 66.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 67.18, 82.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% 0.0145 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.141 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7232, 35.0700, 5.5970)
Luminance	0.3507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9815 #1547CA

analogous

#CA3D15 #CA9815 #A1CA15

triadic

#CA9815 #15CA98 #9815CA

tetradic

#CA9815 #15CA3D #1547CA #CA15A1

square

#CA9815 #15CA3D #1547CA #CA15A1

split-complementary

#CA9815 #15A1CA #3D15CA

monochromatic

#5B4509 #936E0F #CA9815 #EAB732 #EFCB6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#CA9815 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#CA9815 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9815

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9815	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9815	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A51F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9815;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 152, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.141 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b564',
    500: '#ca9815',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9815;
$custom-light: #e0b564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9815",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.425,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70823,
    "c": 0.14103,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9815

secondary

#6685D5

accent

#67F830

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EB

border

#D5D0C6

text

#161106

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9815

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

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