Information about #CA901C color

#CA901C color image

Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #CA901C belongs to the Orange Color Family, featuring High Saturation and Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(202, 144, 28) — 79.2% red, 56.5% green, 11% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 23 / 68 / 21. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#CA901C is a energetic, saturated orange that feels open and friendly. In practice it works well for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Desert Yellow (#CA8D16). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Cinnamon (#C58917) and Day's Eye (#C89828).

In RGB terms — rgb(202, 144, 28) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #CA901C: 7.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.8:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #CA901C is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#CA901C color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#CA901C color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #CA901C

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Cinnamon color link
Cinnamon

#C58917

Day's Eye color link
Day's Eye

#C89828

Dixie Chick color link
Dixie Chick

#C48F2A

Lemon Curry color link
Lemon Curry

#CCA01D

Wazzup color link
Wazzup

#BC9425

Cool Copper color link
Cool Copper

#D98719

Buddha Gold color link
Buddha Gold

#BC9B1B

Gold Foil color link
Gold Foil

#BD9B16

Gold Brown color link
Gold Brown

#CB7E1F

Nugget color link
Nugget

#BC9229

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#CA901C
  • RGB202, 144, 28
  • CMYK0, 23, 68, 21
  • CSSrgb(202, 144, 28)
  • HSL40°, 76%, 45%
  • HSL Precise40°, 75.652%, 45.098%
  • HSV40°, 86%, 79%
  • HSB40°, 86%, 79%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.792
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.565
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.110
  • GLSLvec3(0.792, 0.565, 0.110)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.792, 0.565, 0.110, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.792, 0.565, 0.110)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB79.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB56.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB11%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDCA901C
  • DECIMAL ID13275164
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers17 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01