#CA9829#CA9829

#CA9829 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.133 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9829
RGB	rgb(202, 152, 41)
HSL	hsl(41, 66%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 80%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.8%, 79.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, 8.77, 61.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 61.72, 81.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% 0.0177 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.133 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9880, 35.1759, 6.9916)
Luminance	0.3517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9829 #295BCA

analogous

#CA4729 #CA9829 #ACCA29

triadic

#CA9829 #29CA98 #9829CA

tetradic

#CA9829 #29CA47 #295BCA #CA29AC

square

#CA9829 #29CA47 #295BCA #CA29AC

split-complementary

#CA9829 #29ACCA #4729CA

monochromatic

#644B14 #97721F #CA9829 #DCB254 #E7C987

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#CA9829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#CA9829 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9829

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9829	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)

#AD9912

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A52F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 152, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.133 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb66c',
    500: '#ca9829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9829;
$custom-light: #dfb66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.366,
    "s": 66.255,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70914,
    "c": 0.13349,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9829

secondary

#7F98D0

accent

#74E93F

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9829

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

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