#CA9C21#CA9C21

#CA9C21 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.138 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9C21
RGB	rgb(202, 156, 33)
HSL	hsl(44, 72%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(44, 84%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 83.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, 6.35, 64.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 64.81, 84.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% 0.01 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.138 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5225, 36.4460, 6.5497)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9C21 #214FCA

analogous

#CA4821 #CA9C21 #A3CA21

triadic

#CA9C21 #21CA9C #9C21CA

tetradic

#CA9C21 #21CA48 #214FCA #CA21A3

square

#CA9C21 #21CA48 #214FCA #CA21A3

split-complementary

#CA9C21 #21A3CA #4821CA

monochromatic

#614B10 #957318 #CA9C21 #E1B747 #EACC7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CA9C21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#CA9C21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9C21

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9C21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9C21	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA829

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9c21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.138 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb869',
    500: '#ca9c21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9c21;
$custom-light: #dfb869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9c21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.669,
    "s": 71.915,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71666,
    "c": 0.1383,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9C21

secondary

#758ED2

accent

#6BEF39

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EB

border

#D5D0C6

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9C21

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

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