#CA8551#CA8551

#CA8551 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.109 H 56.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8551
RGB	rgb(202, 133, 81)
HSL	hsl(26, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(26, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.2%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.59, 21.29, 38.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.59, 44.03, 61.08°)
OKLab	oklab(67.68% 0.0599 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(67.68% 0.109 56.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2321, 29.9287, 11.7569)
Luminance	0.2993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8551 #5196CA

analogous

#CA5159 #CA8551 #CAC151

triadic

#CA8551 #51CA85 #8551CA

tetradic

#CA8551 #59CA51 #5196CA #C151CA

square

#CA8551 #59CA51 #5196CA #C151CA

split-complementary

#CA8551 #51CAC1 #5159CA

monochromatic

#7B4A25 #AA6734 #CA8551 #D8A680 #E7C7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#CA8551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#CA8551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8551

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8551	1.00	3.01	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998C4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 133, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.109 56.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea883',
    500: '#ca8551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8551;
$custom-light: #dea883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.785,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6768,
    "c": 0.10886,
    "h": 56.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8551

secondary

#A2BFD5

accent

#9EDD4B

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#160F0B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8551

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

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