#CA9D26#CA9D26

#CA9D26 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.137 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9D26
RGB	rgb(202, 157, 38)
HSL	hsl(44, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 81.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, 5.96, 63.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 63.49, 84.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% 0.0094 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.137 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7663, 36.8131, 7.0025)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9D26 #2653CA

analogous

#CA4B26 #CA9D26 #A5CA26

triadic

#CA9D26 #26CA9D #9D26CA

tetradic

#CA9D26 #26CA4B #2653CA #CA26A5

square

#CA9D26 #26CA4B #2653CA #CA26A5

split-complementary

#CA9D26 #26A5CA #4B26CA

monochromatic

#634D13 #96751C #CA9D26 #DEB74F #E8CC83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CA9D26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#CA9D26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9D26

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9D26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9D26	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA82D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9d26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 157, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.137 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb96b',
    500: '#ca9d26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9d26;
$custom-light: #dfb96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9d26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.537,
    "s": 68.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71891,
    "c": 0.13654,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9D26

secondary

#7B93D1

accent

#6DEB3D

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9D26

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

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