#CA9D31#CA9D31

#CA9D31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.131 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9D31
RGB	rgb(202, 157, 49)
HSL	hsl(42, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 75.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, 6.37, 59.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 59.74, 83.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% 0.0117 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.131 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9708, 36.8949, 8.0793)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9D31 #315ECA

analogous

#CA5131 #CA9D31 #ABCA31

triadic

#CA9D31 #31CA9D #9D31CA

tetradic

#CA9D31 #31CA51 #315ECA #CA31AB

square

#CA9D31 #31CA51 #315ECA #CA31AB

split-complementary

#CA9D31 #31ABCA #5131CA

monochromatic

#675019 #997725 #CA9D31 #D8B560 #E4CC91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CA9D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#CA9D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9D31

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9D31	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 157, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.131 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb971',
    500: '#ca9d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9d31;
$custom-light: #dfb971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71959,
    "c": 0.13093,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9D31

secondary

#889DCF

accent

#73E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9D31

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

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