#CA9821#CA9821

#CA9821 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.137 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9821
RGB	rgb(202, 152, 33)
HSL	hsl(42, 72%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(42, 84%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.8%, 83.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, 8.52, 63.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 64.20, 82.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% 0.0162 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.137 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8624, 35.1256, 6.3297)
Luminance	0.3512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9821 #2153CA

analogous

#CA4421 #CA9821 #A7CA21

triadic

#CA9821 #21CA98 #9821CA

tetradic

#CA9821 #21CA44 #2153CA #CA21A7

square

#CA9821 #21CA44 #2153CA #CA21A7

split-complementary

#CA9821 #21A7CA #4421CA

monochromatic

#614910 #957018 #CA9821 #E1B347 #EAC97C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#CA9821 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#CA9821 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9821

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9821	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9821	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A528

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9821;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 152, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.137 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb669',
    500: '#ca9821',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9821;
$custom-light: #dfb669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9821",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.249,
    "s": 71.915,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70871,
    "c": 0.13701,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9821

secondary

#7591D2

accent

#6FEF39

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EB

border

#D5D0C6

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9821

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

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