#CA9D29#CA9D29

#CA9D29 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.135 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9D29
RGB	rgb(202, 157, 41)
HSL	hsl(43, 66%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 80%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 79.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, 6.07, 62.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 62.53, 84.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% 0.0099 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.135 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.8167, 36.8332, 7.2678)
Luminance	0.3683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9D29 #2956CA

analogous

#CA4D29 #CA9D29 #A6CA29

triadic

#CA9D29 #29CA9D #9D29CA

tetradic

#CA9D29 #29CA4D #2956CA #CA29A6

square

#CA9D29 #29CA4D #2956CA #CA29A6

split-complementary

#CA9D29 #29A6CA #4D29CA

monochromatic

#644E14 #97751F #CA9D29 #DCB654 #E7CC87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CA9D29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#CA9D29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9D29

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9D29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9D29	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA82F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9d29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 157, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.135 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb96d',
    500: '#ca9d29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9d29;
$custom-light: #dfb96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9d29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.23,
    "s": 66.255,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71908,
    "c": 0.13514,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9D29

secondary

#7F95D0

accent

#6EE93F

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9D29

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

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