#CA9C22#CA9C22

#CA9C22 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	#CA9C22
RGB	rgb(202, 156, 34)
HSL	hsl(44, 71%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(44, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 83.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, 6.38, 64.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 64.52, 84.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% 0.0102 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.138 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5368, 36.4517, 6.6246)
Luminance	0.3645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9C22 #2250CA

analogous

#CA4822 #CA9C22 #A4CA22

triadic

#CA9C22 #22CA9C #9C22CA

tetradic

#CA9C22 #22CA48 #2250CA #CA22A4

square

#CA9C22 #22CA48 #2250CA #CA22A4

split-complementary

#CA9C22 #22A4CA #4822CA

monochromatic

#614B10 #967419 #CA9C22 #E0B749 #E9CC7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CA9C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#CA9C22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9C22

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9C22	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)

#BBA82A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.138 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb86a',
    500: '#ca9c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9c22;
$custom-light: #dfb86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.571,
    "s": 71.186,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71671,
    "c": 0.1379,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9C22

secondary

#778FD1

accent

#6BEE3A

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9C22

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

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