#CA9C26#CA9C26

#CA9C26 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.136 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9C26
RGB	rgb(202, 156, 38)
HSL	hsl(43, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 81.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, 6.50, 62.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 63.32, 84.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% 0.0109 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.136 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5979, 36.4761, 6.9464)
Luminance	0.3647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9C26 #2654CA

analogous

#CA4A26 #CA9C26 #A6CA26

triadic

#CA9C26 #26CA9C #9C26CA

tetradic

#CA9C26 #26CA4A #2654CA #CA26A6

square

#CA9C26 #26CA4A #2654CA #CA26A6

split-complementary

#CA9C26 #26A6CA #4A26CA

monochromatic

#634C13 #96741C #CA9C26 #DEB64F #E8CB83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CA9C26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#CA9C26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9C26

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9C26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9C26	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA82D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9c26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.136 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb86b',
    500: '#ca9c26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9c26;
$custom-light: #dfb86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9c26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.171,
    "s": 68.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71691,
    "c": 0.13618,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9C26

secondary

#7B93D1

accent

#6EEB3D

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9C26

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

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