#CA9C24#CA9C24

#CA9C24 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.137 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9C24
RGB	rgb(202, 156, 36)
HSL	hsl(43, 70%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 82%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 82.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, 6.44, 63.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 63.93, 84.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% 0.0105 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.137 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5665, 36.4635, 6.7810)
Luminance	0.3646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9C24 #2452CA

analogous

#CA4924 #CA9C24 #A5CA24

triadic

#CA9C24 #24CA9C #9C24CA

tetradic

#CA9C24 #24CA49 #2452CA #CA24A5

square

#CA9C24 #24CA49 #2452CA #CA24A5

split-complementary

#CA9C24 #24A5CA #4924CA

monochromatic

#624C11 #96741B #CA9C24 #DFB64C #E8CB80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CA9C24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#CA9C24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9C24

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9C24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9C24	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)

#B09C01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA82B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9c24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.137 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb86a',
    500: '#ca9c24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9c24;
$custom-light: #dfb86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9c24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.373,
    "s": 69.748,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71681,
    "c": 0.13706,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9C24

secondary

#7991D1

accent

#6CED3B

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9C24

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

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