#CA9923#CA9923

#CA9923 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.136 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9923
RGB	rgb(202, 153, 35)
HSL	hsl(42, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(42, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 82.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, 8.03, 63.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 63.76, 82.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% 0.015 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.136 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0542, 35.4631, 6.5359)
Luminance	0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9923 #2354CA

analogous

#CA4623 #CA9923 #A8CA23

triadic

#CA9923 #23CA99 #9923CA

tetradic

#CA9923 #23CA46 #2354CA #CA23A8

square

#CA9923 #23CA46 #2354CA #CA23A8

split-complementary

#CA9923 #23A8CA #4623CA

monochromatic

#624A11 #96711A #CA9923 #E0B44A #E9CA7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#CA9923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#CA9923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9923

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9923	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)

#B9A62A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 153, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.136 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb66a',
    500: '#ca9923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9923;
$custom-light: #dfb66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.395,
    "s": 70.464,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71079,
    "c": 0.13649,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9923

secondary

#7892D1

accent

#6FED3B

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9923

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

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