#CA9E24#CA9E24

#CA9E24 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.138 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9E24
RGB	rgb(202, 158, 36)
HSL	hsl(44, 70%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 82%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 82.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, 5.36, 64.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 64.27, 85.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% 0.0075 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.138 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9048, 37.1403, 6.8938)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9E24 #2450CA

analogous

#CA4B24 #CA9E24 #A3CA24

triadic

#CA9E24 #24CA9E #9E24CA

tetradic

#CA9E24 #24CA4B #2450CA #CA24A3

square

#CA9E24 #24CA4B #2450CA #CA24A3

split-complementary

#CA9E24 #24A3CA #4B24CA

monochromatic

#624D11 #96751B #CA9E24 #DFB84C #E8CD80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CA9E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#CA9E24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9E24

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9E24	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)

#BDA92C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 158, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.138 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfba6b',
    500: '#ca9e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9e24;
$custom-light: #dfba6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.096,
    "s": 69.748,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72081,
    "c": 0.13781,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9E24

secondary

#7990D1

accent

#6AED3B

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9E24

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →