#CA9F28#CA9F28

#CA9F28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.136 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9F28
RGB	rgb(202, 159, 40)
HSL	hsl(44, 67%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 80%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 80.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, 4.95, 63.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 63.22, 85.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% 0.0067 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.136 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1406, 37.5086, 7.2908)
Luminance	0.3751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9F28 #2853CA

analogous

#CA4E28 #CA9F28 #A4CA28

triadic

#CA9F28 #28CA9F #9F28CA

tetradic

#CA9F28 #28CA4E #2853CA #CA28A4

square

#CA9F28 #28CA4E #2853CA #CA28A4

split-complementary

#CA9F28 #28A4CA #4E28CA

monochromatic

#644F14 #97771E #CA9F28 #DDB852 #E7CD85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CA9F28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#CA9F28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9F28

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9F28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9F28	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)

#B39E0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9f28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 159, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.136 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbb6d',
    500: '#ca9f28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9f28;
$custom-light: #dfbb6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9f28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.074,
    "s": 66.942,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72304,
    "c": 0.13641,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9F28

secondary

#7E94D0

accent

#6CEA3E

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9F28

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

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