#CA9C25#CA9C25

#CA9C25 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.137 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9C25
RGB	rgb(202, 156, 37)
HSL	hsl(43, 69%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 82%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 81.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, 6.47, 63.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 63.63, 84.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% 0.0107 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.137 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5819, 36.4697, 6.8625)
Luminance	0.3647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9C25 #2553CA

analogous

#CA4A25 #CA9C25 #A6CA25

triadic

#CA9C25 #25CA9C #9C25CA

tetradic

#CA9C25 #25CA4A #2553CA #CA25A6

square

#CA9C25 #25CA4A #2553CA #CA25A6

split-complementary

#CA9C25 #25A6CA #4A25CA

monochromatic

#634C12 #96741C #CA9C25 #DFB64E #E8CB81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CA9C25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#CA9C25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9C25

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9C25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9C25	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)

#B09C04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA82C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9c25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.137 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb86b',
    500: '#ca9c25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9c25;
$custom-light: #dfb86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9c25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.273,
    "s": 69.038,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71686,
    "c": 0.13662,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9C25

secondary

#7A92D1

accent

#6DEC3C

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9C25

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

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