#CA9B20#CA9B20

#CA9B20 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.138 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9B20
RGB	rgb(202, 155, 32)
HSL	hsl(43, 73%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(43, 84%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 84.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, 6.87, 64.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 64.93, 83.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% 0.0114 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.138 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3416, 36.1062, 6.4214)
Luminance	0.3610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9B20 #204FCA

analogous

#CA4620 #CA9B20 #A4CA20

triadic

#CA9B20 #20CA9B #9B20CA

tetradic

#CA9B20 #20CA46 #204FCA #CA20A4

square

#CA9B20 #20CA46 #204FCA #CA20A4

split-complementary

#CA9B20 #20A4CA #4620CA

monochromatic

#604A0F #957218 #CA9B20 #E2B646 #EACB7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#CA9B20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#CA9B20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9B20

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9B20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9B20	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA728

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9b20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 155, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.138 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb869',
    500: '#ca9b20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9b20;
$custom-light: #dfb869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9b20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.412,
    "s": 72.65,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71462,
    "c": 0.13834,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9B20

secondary

#748ED2

accent

#6BEF38

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EB

border

#D5D0C6

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9B20

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

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