#CA9F15#CA9F15

#CA9F15 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.143 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9F15
RGB	rgb(202, 159, 21)
HSL	hsl(46, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(46, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 89.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, 4.46, 68.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 68.20, 86.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% 0.0038 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.143 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8931, 37.4096, 5.9870)
Luminance	0.3741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9F15 #1540CA

analogous

#CA4415 #CA9F15 #9ACA15

triadic

#CA9F15 #15CA9F #9F15CA

tetradic

#CA9F15 #15CA44 #1540CA #CA159A

square

#CA9F15 #15CA44 #1540CA #CA159A

split-complementary

#CA9F15 #159ACA #4415CA

monochromatic

#5B4809 #93730F #CA9F15 #EABE32 #EFD06A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CA9F15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#CA9F15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9F15

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9F15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9F15	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEA921

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9f15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 159, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.143 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ba65',
    500: '#ca9f15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9f15;
$custom-light: #e0ba65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9f15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.746,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72222,
    "c": 0.14348,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9F15

secondary

#6680D5

accent

#60F830

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EB

border

#D5D0C6

text

#161106

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9F15

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

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