#CA9B27#CA9B27

#CA9B27 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.135 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9B27
RGB	rgb(202, 155, 39)
HSL	hsl(43, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 80.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, 7.08, 62.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 62.84, 83.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% 0.0127 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.135 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4471, 36.1484, 6.9768)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9B27 #2756CA

analogous

#CA4927 #CA9B27 #A8CA27

triadic

#CA9B27 #27CA9B #9B27CA

tetradic

#CA9B27 #27CA49 #2756CA #CA27A8

square

#CA9B27 #27CA49 #2756CA #CA27A8

split-complementary

#CA9B27 #27A8CA #4927CA

monochromatic

#634C13 #97741D #CA9B27 #DDB551 #E7CB84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#CA9B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#CA9B27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9B27

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9B27	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA72D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 155, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.135 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb86c',
    500: '#ca9b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9b27;
$custom-light: #dfb86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.699,
    "s": 67.635,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71497,
    "c": 0.13536,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9B27

secondary

#7C95D0

accent

#6FEB3D

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9B27

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

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