#CA9D24#CA9D24

#CA9D24 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.137 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9D24
RGB	rgb(202, 157, 36)
HSL	hsl(44, 70%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 82%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 82.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, 5.90, 63.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 64.10, 84.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% 0.009 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.137 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7349, 36.8005, 6.8371)
Luminance	0.3680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9D24 #2451CA

analogous

#CA4A24 #CA9D24 #A4CA24

triadic

#CA9D24 #24CA9D #9D24CA

tetradic

#CA9D24 #24CA4A #2451CA #CA24A4

square

#CA9D24 #24CA4A #2451CA #CA24A4

split-complementary

#CA9D24 #24A4CA #4A24CA

monochromatic

#624C11 #96751B #CA9D24 #DFB74C #E8CC80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CA9D24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#CA9D24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9D24

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9D24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9D24	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: #ca9d24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 157, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.137 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb96a',
    500: '#ca9d24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9d24;
$custom-light: #dfb96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9d24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.735,
    "s": 69.748,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71881,
    "c": 0.13743,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9D24

secondary

#7991D1

accent

#6BED3B

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9D24

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

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