#CA9C27#CA9C27

#CA9C27 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.136 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9C27
RGB	rgb(202, 156, 39)
HSL	hsl(43, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 80.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, 6.54, 62.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 63.00, 84.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% 0.0111 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.136 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6142, 36.4826, 7.0325)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9C27 #2755CA

analogous

#CA4A27 #CA9C27 #A7CA27

triadic

#CA9C27 #27CA9C #9C27CA

tetradic

#CA9C27 #27CA4A #2755CA #CA27A7

square

#CA9C27 #27CA4A #2755CA #CA27A7

split-complementary

#CA9C27 #27A7CA #4A27CA

monochromatic

#634D13 #97741D #CA9C27 #DDB651 #E7CB84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CA9C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#CA9C27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9C27

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9C27	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA82E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.136 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb86c',
    500: '#ca9c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9c27;
$custom-light: #dfb86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.067,
    "s": 67.635,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71697,
    "c": 0.13571,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9C27

secondary

#7C94D0

accent

#6EEB3D

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9C27

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

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