#CA8C27#CA8C27

#CA8C27 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.133 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8C27
RGB	rgb(202, 140, 39)
HSL	hsl(37, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 80.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.90, 15.23, 59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.90, 61.03, 75.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.57% 0.0362 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(68.57% 0.133 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1040, 31.4622, 6.1957)
Luminance	0.3146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8C27 #2765CA

analogous

#CA3B27 #CA8C27 #B7CA27

triadic

#CA8C27 #27CA8C #8C27CA

tetradic

#CA8C27 #27CA3B #2765CA #CA27B7

square

#CA8C27 #27CA3B #2765CA #CA27B7

split-complementary

#CA8C27 #27B7CA #3B27CA

monochromatic

#634513 #97681D #CA8C27 #DDA851 #E7C284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#CA8C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#CA8C27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8C27

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8C27	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19E2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 140, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.133 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ad6a',
    500: '#ca8c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8c27;
$custom-light: #e0ad6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.178,
    "s": 67.635,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68572,
    "c": 0.13257,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8C27

secondary

#7C9CD0

accent

#7FEB3D

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8C27

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

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