#CA9C23#CA9C23

#CA9C23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.137 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9C23
RGB	rgb(202, 156, 35)
HSL	hsl(43, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(43, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 82.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, 6.41, 63.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 64.23, 84.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% 0.0104 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.137 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5514, 36.4575, 6.7017)
Luminance	0.3645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9C23 #2351CA

analogous

#CA4923 #CA9C23 #A5CA23

triadic

#CA9C23 #23CA9C #9C23CA

tetradic

#CA9C23 #23CA49 #2351CA #CA23A5

square

#CA9C23 #23CA49 #2351CA #CA23A5

split-complementary

#CA9C23 #23A5CA #4923CA

monochromatic

#624B11 #96741A #CA9C23 #E0B74A #E9CC7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CA9C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#CA9C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9C23

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9C23	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: #ca9c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.137 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb86a',
    500: '#ca9c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9c23;
$custom-light: #dfb86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.473,
    "s": 70.464,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71676,
    "c": 0.13748,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9C23

secondary

#7890D1

accent

#6CED3B

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9C23

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

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