#CA9826#CA9826

#CA9826 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.135 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9826
RGB	rgb(202, 152, 38)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.8%, 81.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, 8.67, 62.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 62.69, 82.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% 0.0171 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.135 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9377, 35.1557, 6.7263)
Luminance	0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9826 #2658CA

analogous

#CA4626 #CA9826 #AACA26

triadic

#CA9826 #26CA98 #9826CA

tetradic

#CA9826 #26CA46 #2658CA #CA26AA

square

#CA9826 #26CA46 #2658CA #CA26AA

split-complementary

#CA9826 #26AACA #4626CA

monochromatic

#634A13 #96711C #CA9826 #DEB24F #E8C983

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#CA9826 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#CA9826 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9826

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9826	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9826	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	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)

#AD990A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A52C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9826;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 152, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.135 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb66b',
    500: '#ca9826',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9826;
$custom-light: #dfb66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9826",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.707,
    "s": 68.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70897,
    "c": 0.13489,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9826

secondary

#7B95D1

accent

#72EB3D

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9826

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

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