#CA9927#CA9927

#CA9927 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.135 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9927
RGB	rgb(202, 153, 39)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 80.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.13, 8.16, 61.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.13, 62.52, 82.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% 0.0158 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.135 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1170, 35.4882, 6.8667)
Luminance	0.3549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9927 #2758CA

analogous

#CA4727 #CA9927 #AACA27

triadic

#CA9927 #27CA99 #9927CA

tetradic

#CA9927 #27CA47 #2758CA #CA27AA

square

#CA9927 #27CA47 #2758CA #CA27AA

split-complementary

#CA9927 #27AACA #4727CA

monochromatic

#634B13 #97721D #CA9927 #DDB351 #E7C984

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#CA9927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#CA9927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9927

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9927	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)

#AE990C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A62D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 153, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.135 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb66b',
    500: '#ca9927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9927;
$custom-light: #dfb66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.963,
    "s": 67.635,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.711,
    "c": 0.13472,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9927

secondary

#7C96D0

accent

#71EB3D

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9927

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

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