#CA9D22#CA9D22

#CA9D22 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.138 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9D22
RGB	rgb(202, 157, 34)
HSL	hsl(44, 71%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(44, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 83.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, 5.84, 64.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 64.69, 84.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% 0.0087 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.138 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7053, 36.7886, 6.6808)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9D22 #224FCA

analogous

#CA4922 #CA9D22 #A3CA22

triadic

#CA9D22 #22CA9D #9D22CA

tetradic

#CA9D22 #22CA49 #224FCA #CA22A3

square

#CA9D22 #22CA49 #224FCA #CA22A3

split-complementary

#CA9D22 #22A3CA #4922CA

monochromatic

#614C10 #967419 #CA9D22 #E0B849 #E9CC7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CA9D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#CA9D22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9D22

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9D22	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)

#BCA82A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 157, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.138 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb96a',
    500: '#ca9d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9d22;
$custom-light: #dfb96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.929,
    "s": 71.186,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71871,
    "c": 0.13827,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9D22

secondary

#778FD1

accent

#6AEE3A

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9D22

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

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