#CA9921#CA9921

#CA9921 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.137 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9921
RGB	rgb(202, 153, 33)
HSL	hsl(43, 72%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(43, 84%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 83.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, 7.97, 63.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 64.35, 82.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% 0.0147 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.137 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.0253, 35.4516, 6.3840)
Luminance	0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9921 #2152CA

analogous

#CA4521 #CA9921 #A6CA21

triadic

#CA9921 #21CA99 #9921CA

tetradic

#CA9921 #21CA45 #2152CA #CA21A6

square

#CA9921 #21CA45 #2152CA #CA21A6

split-complementary

#CA9921 #21A6CA #4521CA

monochromatic

#614910 #957118 #CA9921 #E1B447 #EACA7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#CA9921 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#CA9921 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9921

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9921	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9921	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A628

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9921;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 153, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.137 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb669',
    500: '#ca9921',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9921;
$custom-light: #dfb669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9921",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.604,
    "s": 71.915,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71069,
    "c": 0.1373,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9921

secondary

#7590D2

accent

#6EEF39

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EB

border

#D5D0C6

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9921

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

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