#CA9A26#CA9A26

#CA9A26 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.135 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9A26
RGB	rgb(202, 154, 38)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 81.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, 7.59, 62.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 63.00, 83.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% 0.014 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.135 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2650, 35.8104, 6.8354)
Luminance	0.3581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9A26 #2656CA

analogous

#CA4826 #CA9A26 #A8CA26

triadic

#CA9A26 #26CA9A #9A26CA

tetradic

#CA9A26 #26CA48 #2656CA #CA26A8

square

#CA9A26 #26CA48 #2656CA #CA26A8

split-complementary

#CA9A26 #26A8CA #4826CA

monochromatic

#634B13 #96731C #CA9A26 #DEB44F #E8CA83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#CA9A26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#CA9A26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9A26

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9A26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9A26	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9A08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA62C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9a26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 154, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.135 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb76b',
    500: '#ca9a26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9a26;
$custom-light: #dfb76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9a26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.439,
    "s": 68.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71293,
    "c": 0.13549,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9A26

secondary

#7B94D1

accent

#70EB3D

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9A26

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

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