#CA9922#CA9922

#CA9922 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.137 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9922
RGB	rgb(202, 153, 34)
HSL	hsl(43, 71%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(43, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 83.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, 8.00, 63.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 64.06, 82.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% 0.0148 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.137 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0396, 35.4573, 6.4589)
Luminance	0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9922 #2253CA

analogous

#CA4522 #CA9922 #A7CA22

triadic

#CA9922 #22CA99 #9922CA

tetradic

#CA9922 #22CA45 #2253CA #CA22A7

square

#CA9922 #22CA45 #2253CA #CA22A7

split-complementary

#CA9922 #22A7CA #4522CA

monochromatic

#614A10 #967119 #CA9922 #E0B449 #E9CA7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#CA9922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#CA9922 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9922

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9922	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)

#B9A629

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 153, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.137 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb669',
    500: '#ca9922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9922;
$custom-light: #dfb669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.5,
    "s": 71.186,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71074,
    "c": 0.1369,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9922

secondary

#7791D1

accent

#6EEE3A

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EB

border

#D5D0C6

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9922

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

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