#CA9E21#CA9E21

#CA9E21 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.139 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9E21
RGB	rgb(202, 158, 33)
HSL	hsl(44, 72%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(44, 84%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 83.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, 5.28, 64.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 65.14, 85.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% 0.0069 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.139 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8609, 37.1227, 6.6625)
Luminance	0.3712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9E21 #214DCA

analogous

#CA4A21 #CA9E21 #A1CA21

triadic

#CA9E21 #21CA9E #9E21CA

tetradic

#CA9E21 #21CA4A #214DCA #CA21A1

square

#CA9E21 #21CA4A #214DCA #CA21A1

split-complementary

#CA9E21 #21A1CA #4A21CA

monochromatic

#614C10 #957518 #CA9E21 #E1B947 #EACD7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CA9E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#CA9E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9E21

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9E21	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 158, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.139 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfba69',
    500: '#ca9e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9e21;
$custom-light: #dfba69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.379,
    "s": 71.915,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72067,
    "c": 0.13906,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9E21

secondary

#758DD2

accent

#68EF39

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9E21

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

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