#CA9E2B#CA9E2B

#CA9E2B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.135 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9E2B
RGB	rgb(202, 158, 43)
HSL	hsl(43, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 78.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, 5.60, 61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 62.04, 84.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% 0.0088 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.135 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0224, 37.1873, 7.5130)
Luminance	0.3719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9E2B #2B57CA

analogous

#CA4E2B #CA9E2B #A6CA2B

triadic

#CA9E2B #2BCA9E #9E2BCA

tetradic

#CA9E2B #2BCA4E #2B57CA #CA2BA6

square

#CA9E2B #2BCA4E #2B57CA #CA2BA6

split-complementary

#CA9E2B #2BA6CA #4E2BCA

monochromatic

#654F16 #987720 #CA9E2B #DBB757 #E6CC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CA9E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#CA9E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9E2B

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9E2B	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 158, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.135 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfba6e',
    500: '#ca9e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9e2b;
$custom-light: #dfba6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.396,
    "s": 64.898,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7212,
    "c": 0.13454,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9E2B

secondary

#8197D0

accent

#6EE840

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9E2B

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

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