#CA9D21#CA9D21

#CA9D21 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.139 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9D21
RGB	rgb(202, 157, 33)
HSL	hsl(44, 72%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(44, 84%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 83.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, 5.81, 64.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 64.97, 84.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% 0.0085 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.139 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6910, 36.7830, 6.6059)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9D21 #214ECA

analogous

#CA4921 #CA9D21 #A2CA21

triadic

#CA9D21 #21CA9D #9D21CA

tetradic

#CA9D21 #21CA49 #214ECA #CA21A2

square

#CA9D21 #21CA49 #214ECA #CA21A2

split-complementary

#CA9D21 #21A2CA #4921CA

monochromatic

#614B10 #957418 #CA9D21 #E1B847 #EACC7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CA9D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#CA9D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9D21

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9D21	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA829

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 157, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.139 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb969',
    500: '#ca9d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9d21;
$custom-light: #dfb969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.024,
    "s": 71.915,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71866,
    "c": 0.13867,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9D21

secondary

#758ED2

accent

#69EF39

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9D21

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

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