#CA9C31#CA9C31

#CA9C31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.131 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9C31
RGB	rgb(202, 156, 49)
HSL	hsl(42, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 75.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, 6.91, 59.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 59.56, 83.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% 0.0132 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.131 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8023, 36.5579, 8.0232)
Luminance	0.3655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9C31 #315FCA

analogous

#CA5031 #CA9C31 #ACCA31

triadic

#CA9C31 #31CA9C #9C31CA

tetradic

#CA9C31 #31CA50 #315FCA #CA31AC

square

#CA9C31 #31CA50 #315FCA #CA31AC

split-complementary

#CA9C31 #31ACCA #5031CA

monochromatic

#675019 #997625 #CA9C31 #D8B460 #E4CB91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CA9C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#CA9C31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9C31

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9C31	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.131 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb871',
    500: '#ca9c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9c31;
$custom-light: #dfb871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.961,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7176,
    "c": 0.13056,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9C31

secondary

#889DCF

accent

#74E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9C31

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

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