#CA9A15#CA9A15

#CA9A15 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.142 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9A15
RGB	rgb(202, 154, 21)
HSL	hsl(44, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(44, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 89.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, 7.15, 67.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 67.45, 83.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% 0.0114 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.142 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0506, 35.7246, 5.7061)
Luminance	0.3572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9A15 #1545CA

analogous

#CA3F15 #CA9A15 #9FCA15

triadic

#CA9A15 #15CA9A #9A15CA

tetradic

#CA9A15 #15CA3F #1545CA #CA159F

square

#CA9A15 #15CA3F #1545CA #CA159F

split-complementary

#CA9A15 #159FCA #3F15CA

monochromatic

#5B4509 #93700F #CA9A15 #EAB932 #EFCC6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#CA9A15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#CA9A15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9A15

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9A15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9A15	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA620

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9a15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 154, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.142 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b765',
    500: '#ca9a15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9a15;
$custom-light: #e0b765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9a15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.088,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7122,
    "c": 0.14164,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9A15

secondary

#6683D5

accent

#65F830

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EB

border

#D5D0C6

text

#161106

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9A15

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

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