#CA9B21#CA9B21

#CA9B21 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.138 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9B21
RGB	rgb(202, 155, 33)
HSL	hsl(43, 72%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(43, 84%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 83.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, 6.89, 64.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 64.65, 83.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% 0.0116 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.138 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.3554, 36.1118, 6.4940)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9B21 #2150CA

analogous

#CA4721 #CA9B21 #A4CA21

triadic

#CA9B21 #21CA9B #9B21CA

tetradic

#CA9B21 #21CA47 #2150CA #CA21A4

square

#CA9B21 #21CA47 #2150CA #CA21A4

split-complementary

#CA9B21 #21A4CA #4721CA

monochromatic

#614A10 #957318 #CA9B21 #E1B647 #EACB7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#CA9B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#CA9B21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9B21

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9B21	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)

#BBA729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 155, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.138 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb869',
    500: '#ca9b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9b21;
$custom-light: #dfb869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.314,
    "s": 71.915,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71467,
    "c": 0.13795,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9B21

secondary

#758FD2

accent

#6CEF39

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EB

border

#D5D0C6

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9B21

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

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