#CA9E25#CA9E25

#CA9E25 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.137 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9E25
RGB	rgb(202, 158, 37)
HSL	hsl(44, 69%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 82%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 81.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, 5.39, 63.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 63.97, 85.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% 0.0076 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.137 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9203, 37.1465, 6.9753)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9E25 #2551CA

analogous

#CA4C25 #CA9E25 #A4CA25

triadic

#CA9E25 #25CA9E #9E25CA

tetradic

#CA9E25 #25CA4C #2551CA #CA25A4

square

#CA9E25 #25CA4C #2551CA #CA25A4

split-complementary

#CA9E25 #25A4CA #4C25CA

monochromatic

#634D12 #96761C #CA9E25 #DFB84E #E8CD81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CA9E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#CA9E25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9E25

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9E25	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)

#B29D02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA92C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 158, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.137 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfba6b',
    500: '#ca9e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9e25;
$custom-light: #dfba6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44,
    "s": 69.038,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72087,
    "c": 0.13738,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9E25

secondary

#7A91D1

accent

#6BEC3C

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9E25

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

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