#CA8959#CA8959

#CA8959 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.102 H 56.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8959
RGB	rgb(202, 137, 89)
HSL	hsl(25, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(25, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, 19.73, 35.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 40.70, 61.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.54% 0.0563 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(68.54% 0.102 56.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1081, 31.1720, 13.6170)
Luminance	0.3117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8959 #599ACA

analogous

#CA5962 #CA8959 #CAC259

triadic

#CA8959 #59CA89 #8959CA

tetradic

#CA8959 #62CA59 #599ACA #C259CA

square

#CA8959 #62CA59 #599ACA #C259CA

split-complementary

#CA8959 #59CAC2 #5962CA

monochromatic

#804E29 #AE6A38 #CA8959 #D9AA87 #E8CBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#CA8959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#CA8959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8959

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8959	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8F55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9D59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7C7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 137, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.102 56.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddab89',
    500: '#ca8959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8959;
$custom-light: #ddab89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.487,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68537,
    "c": 0.10209,
    "h": 56.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8959

secondary

#A8C3D6

accent

#9FDB4D

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8959

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

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