#CA9F24#CA9F24

#CA9F24 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.138 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9F24
RGB	rgb(202, 159, 36)
HSL	hsl(44, 70%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 82%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 82.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, 4.83, 64.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 64.45, 85.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% 0.0059 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.138 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0761, 37.4828, 6.9509)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9F24 #244FCA

analogous

#CA4C24 #CA9F24 #A2CA24

triadic

#CA9F24 #24CA9F #9F24CA

tetradic

#CA9F24 #24CA4C #244FCA #CA24A2

square

#CA9F24 #24CA4C #244FCA #CA24A2

split-complementary

#CA9F24 #24A2CA #4C24CA

monochromatic

#624D11 #96761B #CA9F24 #DFB94C #E8CD80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CA9F24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#CA9F24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9F24

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9F24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9F24	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9f24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 159, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.138 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbb6b',
    500: '#ca9f24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9f24;
$custom-light: #dfbb6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9f24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.458,
    "s": 69.748,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72282,
    "c": 0.13823,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9F24

secondary

#7990D1

accent

#69ED3B

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9F24

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

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