#CA9915#CA9915

#CA9915 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.141 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9915
RGB	rgb(202, 153, 21)
HSL	hsl(44, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(44, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 89.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, 7.69, 66.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 67.31, 83.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% 0.013 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.141 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8862, 35.3959, 5.6514)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9915 #1546CA

analogous

#CA3E15 #CA9915 #A0CA15

triadic

#CA9915 #15CA99 #9915CA

tetradic

#CA9915 #15CA3E #1546CA #CA15A0

square

#CA9915 #15CA3E #1546CA #CA15A0

split-complementary

#CA9915 #15A0CA #3E15CA

monochromatic

#5B4509 #936F0F #CA9915 #EAB832 #EFCB6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#CA9915 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#CA9915 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9915

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9915	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9915	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA61F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9915;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 153, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.141 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b664',
    500: '#ca9915',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9915;
$custom-light: #e0b664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9915",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.757,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71021,
    "c": 0.14133,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9915

secondary

#6684D5

accent

#66F830

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EB

border

#D5D0C6

text

#161106

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9915

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

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