#CA9A23#CA9A23

#CA9A23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.137 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9A23
RGB	rgb(202, 154, 35)
HSL	hsl(43, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(43, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 82.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, 7.49, 63.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 63.91, 83.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% 0.0135 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.137 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.2185, 35.7918, 6.5907)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9A23 #2353CA

analogous

#CA4623 #CA9A23 #A7CA23

triadic

#CA9A23 #23CA9A #9A23CA

tetradic

#CA9A23 #23CA46 #2353CA #CA23A7

square

#CA9A23 #23CA46 #2353CA #CA23A7

split-complementary

#CA9A23 #23A7CA #4623CA

monochromatic

#624A11 #96721A #CA9A23 #E0B54A #E9CA7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#CA9A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#CA9A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9A23

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9A23	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)

#BAA62A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 154, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.137 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb76a',
    500: '#ca9a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9a23;
$custom-light: #dfb76a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.754,
    "s": 70.464,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71277,
    "c": 0.13679,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9A23

secondary

#7891D1

accent

#6EED3B

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9A23

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

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