#CA8E27#CA8E27

#CA8E27 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.133 H 75.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8E27
RGB	rgb(202, 142, 39)
HSL	hsl(38, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 80.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.39, 14.14, 59.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.39, 61.20, 76.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.95% 0.033 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(68.95% 0.133 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3989, 32.0520, 6.2940)
Luminance	0.3205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8E27 #2763CA

analogous

#CA3C27 #CA8E27 #B5CA27

triadic

#CA8E27 #27CA8E #8E27CA

tetradic

#CA8E27 #27CA3C #2763CA #CA27B5

square

#CA8E27 #27CA3C #2763CA #CA27B5

split-complementary

#CA8E27 #27B5CA #3C27CA

monochromatic

#634613 #976A1D #CA8E27 #DDAA51 #E7C384

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#CA8E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#CA8E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8E27

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8E27	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49112

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 142, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.133 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ae6a',
    500: '#ca8e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8e27;
$custom-light: #e0ae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.914,
    "s": 67.635,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68954,
    "c": 0.13266,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8E27

secondary

#7C9BD0

accent

#7DEB3D

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8E27

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

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