#CA9F21#CA9F21

#CA9F21 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.139 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9F21
RGB	rgb(202, 159, 33)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 84%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 83.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, 4.74, 65.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 65.32, 85.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% 0.0054 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.139 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0322, 37.4652, 6.7196)
Luminance	0.3746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9F21 #214CCA

analogous

#CA4B21 #CA9F21 #A0CA21

triadic

#CA9F21 #21CA9F #9F21CA

tetradic

#CA9F21 #21CA4B #214CCA #CA21A0

square

#CA9F21 #21CA4B #214CCA #CA21A0

split-complementary

#CA9F21 #21A0CA #4B21CA

monochromatic

#614C10 #957618 #CA9F21 #E1BA47 #EACE7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CA9F21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#CA9F21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9F21

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9F21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9F21	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9f21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 159, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.139 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbb69',
    500: '#ca9f21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9f21;
$custom-light: #dfbb69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9f21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.734,
    "s": 71.915,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72268,
    "c": 0.13946,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9F21

secondary

#758DD2

accent

#67EF39

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9F21

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

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