#CA9E23#CA9E23

#CA9E23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.138 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9E23
RGB	rgb(202, 158, 35)
HSL	hsl(44, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(44, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 82.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, 5.33, 64.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 64.57, 85.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% 0.0073 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.138 87)
XYZ	xyz(36.8898, 37.1343, 6.8145)
Luminance	0.3713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9E23 #234FCA

analogous

#CA4B23 #CA9E23 #A3CA23

triadic

#CA9E23 #23CA9E #9E23CA

tetradic

#CA9E23 #23CA4B #234FCA #CA23A3

square

#CA9E23 #23CA4B #234FCA #CA23A3

split-complementary

#CA9E23 #23A3CA #4B23CA

monochromatic

#624C11 #96751A #CA9E23 #E0B84A #E9CD7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CA9E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#CA9E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9E23

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9E23	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA92B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 158, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.138 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfba6a',
    500: '#ca9e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9e23;
$custom-light: #dfba6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.192,
    "s": 70.464,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72076,
    "c": 0.13824,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.37132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9E23

secondary

#788FD1

accent

#6AED3B

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9E23

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

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