#CA9B15#CA9B15

#CA9B15 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.142 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9B15
RGB	rgb(202, 155, 21)
HSL	hsl(44, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(44, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 89.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, 6.61, 67.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 67.59, 84.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% 0.0099 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.142 86)
XYZ	xyz(36.2163, 36.0561, 5.7614)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9B15 #1544CA

analogous

#CA4015 #CA9B15 #9ECA15

triadic

#CA9B15 #15CA9B #9B15CA

tetradic

#CA9B15 #15CA40 #1544CA #CA159E

square

#CA9B15 #15CA40 #1544CA #CA159E

split-complementary

#CA9B15 #159ECA #4015CA

monochromatic

#5B4609 #93700F #CA9B15 #EABA32 #EFCD6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CA9B15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#CA9B15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9B15

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9B15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9B15	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA720

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9b15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 155, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.142 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b865',
    500: '#ca9b15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9b15;
$custom-light: #e0b865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9b15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.42,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7142,
    "c": 0.14197,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.36053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9B15

secondary

#6683D5

accent

#64F830

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EB

border

#D5D0C6

text

#161106

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9B15

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

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