#CA9B23#CA9B23

#CA9B23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.137 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9B23
RGB	rgb(202, 155, 35)
HSL	hsl(43, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(43, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 82.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, 6.95, 63.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 64.07, 83.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% 0.0119 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.137 85)
XYZ	xyz(36.3843, 36.1233, 6.6460)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9B23 #2352CA

analogous

#CA4823 #CA9B23 #A6CA23

triadic

#CA9B23 #23CA9B #9B23CA

tetradic

#CA9B23 #23CA48 #2352CA #CA23A6

square

#CA9B23 #23CA48 #2352CA #CA23A6

split-complementary

#CA9B23 #23A6CA #4823CA

monochromatic

#624B11 #96731A #CA9B23 #E0B64A #E9CB7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#CA9B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#CA9B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9B23

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9B23	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)

#BBA72A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 155, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.137 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb86a',
    500: '#ca9b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9b23;
$custom-light: #dfb86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.114,
    "s": 70.464,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71476,
    "c": 0.13713,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.36121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9B23

secondary

#7891D1

accent

#6DED3B

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9B23

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

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