#CA8A59#CA8A59

#CA8A59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.102 H 57.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8A59
RGB	rgb(202, 138, 89)
HSL	hsl(26, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(26, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.89, 19.18, 35.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.89, 40.69, 61.87°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% 0.0547 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.102 57.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2509, 31.4576, 13.6646)
Luminance	0.3145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8A59 #5999CA

analogous

#CA5961 #CA8A59 #CAC359

triadic

#CA8A59 #59CA8A #8A59CA

tetradic

#CA8A59 #61CA59 #5999CA #C359CA

square

#CA8A59 #61CA59 #5999CA #C359CA

split-complementary

#CA8A59 #59CAC3 #5961CA

monochromatic

#804F29 #AE6B38 #CA8A59 #D9AB87 #E8CBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#CA8A59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#CA8A59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8A59

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8A59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8A59	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9E59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7D7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8a59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 138, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.102 57.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddac89',
    500: '#ca8a59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8a59;
$custom-light: #ddac89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8a59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.018,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68723,
    "c": 0.10175,
    "h": 57.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8A59

secondary

#A8C2D6

accent

#9DDB4D

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8A59

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

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