#CA9C29#CA9C29

#CA9C29 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.135 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9C29
RGB	rgb(202, 156, 41)
HSL	hsl(43, 66%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 80%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 79.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, 6.61, 62.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 62.36, 83.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% 0.0115 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.135 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6482, 36.4962, 7.2116)
Luminance	0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9C29 #2957CA

analogous

#CA4B29 #CA9C29 #A8CA29

triadic

#CA9C29 #29CA9C #9C29CA

tetradic

#CA9C29 #29CA4B #2957CA #CA29A8

square

#CA9C29 #29CA4B #2957CA #CA29A8

split-complementary

#CA9C29 #29A8CA #4B29CA

monochromatic

#644D14 #97751F #CA9C29 #DCB554 #E7CB87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CA9C29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#CA9C29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9C29

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9C29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9C29	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA82F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9c29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.135 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb86d',
    500: '#ca9c29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9c29;
$custom-light: #dfb86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9c29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 66.255,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71708,
    "c": 0.13477,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9C29

secondary

#7F96D0

accent

#6FE93F

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9C29

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

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