#CA8856#CA8856

#CA8856 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.104 H 57.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8856
RGB	rgb(202, 136, 86)
HSL	hsl(26, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(26, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 57.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.37, 20.04, 36.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.37, 41.94, 61.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.31% 0.0568 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(68.31% 0.104 57)
XYZ	xyz(34.8432, 30.8397, 12.9199)
Luminance	0.3084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8856 #5698CA

analogous

#CA565E #CA8856 #CAC256

triadic

#CA8856 #56CA88 #8856CA

tetradic

#CA8856 #5ECA56 #5698CA #C256CA

square

#CA8856 #5ECA56 #5698CA #C256CA

split-complementary

#CA8856 #56CAC2 #565ECA

monochromatic

#7E4D28 #AD6936 #CA8856 #D9A985 #E7CAB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#CA8856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#CA8856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8856

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8856	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8E52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9D56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7B7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 136, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.104 57.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deab87',
    500: '#ca8856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8856;
$custom-light: #deab87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.862,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68306,
    "c": 0.10448,
    "h": 57
  },
  "luminance": 0.30837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8856

secondary

#A6C1D6

accent

#9EDC4C

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8856

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

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