#CA9822#CA9822

#CA9822 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.137 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9822
RGB	rgb(202, 152, 34)
HSL	hsl(42, 71%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(42, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.8%, 83.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, 8.54, 63.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 63.91, 82.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% 0.0164 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.137 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8766, 35.1313, 6.4045)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9822 #2254CA

analogous

#CA4422 #CA9822 #A8CA22

triadic

#CA9822 #22CA98 #9822CA

tetradic

#CA9822 #22CA44 #2254CA #CA22A8

square

#CA9822 #22CA44 #2254CA #CA22A8

split-complementary

#CA9822 #22A8CA #4422CA

monochromatic

#614910 #967119 #CA9822 #E0B349 #E9C97D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#CA9822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#CA9822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9822

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9822	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 152, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.137 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb669',
    500: '#ca9822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9822;
$custom-light: #dfb669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.143,
    "s": 71.186,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70876,
    "c": 0.13661,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9822

secondary

#7792D1

accent

#6FEE3A

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EB

border

#D5D0C6

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9822

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

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