#CA9926#CA9926

#CA9926 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.135 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9926
RGB	rgb(202, 153, 38)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 81.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, 8.13, 62.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 62.84, 82.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% 0.0156 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.135 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1007, 35.4817, 6.7806)
Luminance	0.3548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9926 #2657CA

analogous

#CA4726 #CA9926 #A9CA26

triadic

#CA9926 #26CA99 #9926CA

tetradic

#CA9926 #26CA47 #2657CA #CA26A9

square

#CA9926 #26CA47 #2657CA #CA26A9

split-complementary

#CA9926 #26A9CA #4726CA

monochromatic

#634B13 #96721C #CA9926 #DEB34F #E8C983

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#CA9926 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#CA9926 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9926

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9926	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9926	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9909

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A62C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9926;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 153, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.135 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb66b',
    500: '#ca9926',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9926;
$custom-light: #dfb66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9926",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.073,
    "s": 68.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71094,
    "c": 0.13518,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9926

secondary

#7B95D1

accent

#71EB3D

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9926

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

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