#CA9C15#CA9C15

#CA9C15 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.142 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9C15
RGB	rgb(202, 156, 21)
HSL	hsl(45, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(45, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 89.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, 6.07, 67.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 67.73, 84.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% 0.0084 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.142 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3834, 36.3903, 5.8171)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9C15 #1543CA

analogous

#CA4115 #CA9C15 #9DCA15

triadic

#CA9C15 #15CA9C #9C15CA

tetradic

#CA9C15 #15CA41 #1543CA #CA159D

square

#CA9C15 #15CA41 #1543CA #CA159D

split-complementary

#CA9C15 #159DCA #4115CA

monochromatic

#5B4609 #93710F #CA9C15 #EABB32 #EFCE6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#CA9C15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#CA9C15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9C15

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9C15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9C15	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA820

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9c15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.142 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b865',
    500: '#ca9c15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9c15;
$custom-light: #e0b865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9c15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.751,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7162,
    "c": 0.14233,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9C15

secondary

#6682D5

accent

#63F830

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EB

border

#D5D0C6

text

#161106

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9C15

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

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