#CA9D2C#CA9D2C

#CA9D2C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.134 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9D2C
RGB	rgb(202, 157, 44)
HSL	hsl(43, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 78.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, 6.17, 61.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 61.52, 84.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% 0.0106 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.134 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8711, 36.8550, 7.5541)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9D2C #2C59CA

analogous

#CA4E2C #CA9D2C #A8CA2C

triadic

#CA9D2C #2CCA9D #9D2CCA

tetradic

#CA9D2C #2CCA4E #2C59CA #CA2CA8

square

#CA9D2C #2CCA4E #2C59CA #CA2CA8

split-complementary

#CA9D2C #2CA8CA #4E2CCA

monochromatic

#654F16 #987621 #CA9D2C #DBB658 #E6CC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CA9D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#CA9D2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9D2C

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9D2C	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)

#B19D16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 157, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.134 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb96e',
    500: '#ca9d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9d2c;
$custom-light: #dfb96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.911,
    "s": 64.228,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71926,
    "c": 0.13364,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9D2C

secondary

#8298D0

accent

#70E741

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9D2C

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

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