#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
RGBrgb(202, 159, 36)
HSLhsl(44, 70%, 47%)
HSVhsv(44, 82%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 21.3%, 82.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(67.64, 4.83, 64.27)
CIE-LCHlch(67.64, 64.45, 85.71°)
OKLaboklab(72.28% 0.0059 0.1381)
OKLCHoklch(72.28% 0.138 87.5)
XYZxyz(37.0761, 37.4828, 6.9509)
Luminance0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##CA9F241.002.478.508.50
#FFFFFF2.471.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5021.001.001.00
##0000008.5021.001.001.00

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

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#CA9F24 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva