#CA9A21#CA9A21

#CA9A21 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.138 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9A21
RGB	rgb(202, 154, 33)
HSL	hsl(43, 72%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(43, 84%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 83.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, 7.43, 64.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 64.50, 83.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% 0.0131 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.138 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1897, 35.7803, 6.4388)
Luminance	0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9A21 #2151CA

analogous

#CA4621 #CA9A21 #A5CA21

triadic

#CA9A21 #21CA9A #9A21CA

tetradic

#CA9A21 #21CA46 #2151CA #CA21A5

square

#CA9A21 #21CA46 #2151CA #CA21A5

split-complementary

#CA9A21 #21A5CA #4621CA

monochromatic

#614A10 #957218 #CA9A21 #E1B547 #EACA7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#CA9A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#CA9A21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9A21

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9A21	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA628

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 154, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.138 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb769',
    500: '#ca9a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9a21;
$custom-light: #dfb769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.959,
    "s": 71.915,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71267,
    "c": 0.13762,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9A21

secondary

#758FD2

accent

#6DEF39

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EB

border

#D5D0C6

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9A21

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

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