#CA9D28#CA9D28

#CA9D28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.136 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9D28
RGB	rgb(202, 157, 40)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 80%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 80.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, 6.03, 62.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 62.86, 84.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% 0.0097 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.136 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7995, 36.8263, 7.1771)
Luminance	0.3682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9D28 #2855CA

analogous

#CA4C28 #CA9D28 #A6CA28

triadic

#CA9D28 #28CA9D #9D28CA

tetradic

#CA9D28 #28CA4C #2855CA #CA28A6

square

#CA9D28 #28CA4C #2855CA #CA28A6

split-complementary

#CA9D28 #28A6CA #4C28CA

monochromatic

#644E14 #97751E #CA9D28 #DDB652 #E7CC85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CA9D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#CA9D28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9D28

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9D28	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)

#B19D0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA82F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 157, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.136 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb96c',
    500: '#ca9d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9d28;
$custom-light: #dfb96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 66.942,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71902,
    "c": 0.13562,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9D28

secondary

#7E95D0

accent

#6EEA3E

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9D28

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

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