#CA9D23#CA9D23

#CA9D23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.138 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9D23
RGB	rgb(202, 157, 35)
HSL	hsl(44, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(44, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 82.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, 5.87, 64.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 64.40, 84.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% 0.0088 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.138 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7199, 36.7945, 6.7578)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9D23 #2350CA

analogous

#CA4923 #CA9D23 #A4CA23

triadic

#CA9D23 #23CA9D #9D23CA

tetradic

#CA9D23 #23CA49 #2350CA #CA23A4

square

#CA9D23 #23CA49 #2350CA #CA23A4

split-complementary

#CA9D23 #23A4CA #4923CA

monochromatic

#624C11 #96741A #CA9D23 #E0B84A #E9CC7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CA9D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#CA9D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9D23

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9D23	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)

#BCA82B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 157, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.138 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb96a',
    500: '#ca9d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9d23;
$custom-light: #dfb96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.832,
    "s": 70.464,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71876,
    "c": 0.13785,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9D23

secondary

#7890D1

accent

#6BED3B

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9D23

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

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