#CA9E31#CA9E31

#CA9E31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.131 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9E31
RGB	rgb(202, 158, 49)
HSL	hsl(43, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 75.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, 5.83, 59.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 59.93, 84.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% 0.0101 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.131 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1407, 37.2346, 8.1360)
Luminance	0.3723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9E31 #315DCA

analogous

#CA5231 #CA9E31 #AACA31

triadic

#CA9E31 #31CA9E #9E31CA

tetradic

#CA9E31 #31CA52 #315DCA #CA31AA

square

#CA9E31 #31CA52 #315DCA #CA31AA

split-complementary

#CA9E31 #31AACA #5231CA

monochromatic

#675119 #997725 #CA9E31 #D8B660 #E4CC91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CA9E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#CA9E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9E31

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9E31	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 158, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.131 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfba71',
    500: '#ca9e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9e31;
$custom-light: #dfba71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.745,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72159,
    "c": 0.13132,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9E31

secondary

#889CCF

accent

#72E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9E31

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

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