#CA9827#CA9827

#CA9827 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.134 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9827
RGB	rgb(202, 152, 39)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.8%, 80.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, 8.70, 61.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 62.38, 81.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% 0.0173 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.134 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9540, 35.1623, 6.8124)
Luminance	0.3516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9827 #2759CA

analogous

#CA4627 #CA9827 #ABCA27

triadic

#CA9827 #27CA98 #9827CA

tetradic

#CA9827 #27CA46 #2759CA #CA27AB

square

#CA9827 #27CA46 #2759CA #CA27AB

split-complementary

#CA9827 #27ABCA #4627CA

monochromatic

#634B13 #97711D #CA9827 #DDB251 #E7C984

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#CA9827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#CA9827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9827

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9827	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)

#AD990D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A52D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 152, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.134 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb66b',
    500: '#ca9827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9827;
$custom-light: #dfb66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.595,
    "s": 67.635,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70902,
    "c": 0.13443,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9827

secondary

#7C96D0

accent

#72EB3D

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9827

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

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