#CA9F22#CA9F22

#CA9F22 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.139 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9F22
RGB	rgb(202, 159, 34)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 83.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, 4.77, 64.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 65.03, 85.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% 0.0056 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.139 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0464, 37.4709, 6.7945)
Luminance	0.3747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9F22 #224DCA

analogous

#CA4B22 #CA9F22 #A1CA22

triadic

#CA9F22 #22CA9F #9F22CA

tetradic

#CA9F22 #22CA4B #224DCA #CA22A1

square

#CA9F22 #22CA4B #224DCA #CA22A1

split-complementary

#CA9F22 #22A1CA #4B22CA

monochromatic

#614D10 #967619 #CA9F22 #E0BA49 #E9CE7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CA9F22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#CA9F22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9F22

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9F22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9F22	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)

#BDA92A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9f22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 159, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.139 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbb6a',
    500: '#ca9f22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9f22;
$custom-light: #dfbb6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9f22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.643,
    "s": 71.186,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72273,
    "c": 0.13906,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9F22

secondary

#778ED1

accent

#68EE3A

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9F22

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

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