#CA8A61#CA8A61

#CA8A61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.096 H 53.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8A61
RGB	rgb(202, 138, 97)
HSL	hsl(23, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(23, 52%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 52%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, 19.87, 31.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 37.44, 57.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% 0.0578 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.096 53.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.6052, 31.5994, 15.5310)
Luminance	0.3160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8A61 #61A1CA

analogous

#CA616C #CA8A61 #CABF61

triadic

#CA8A61 #61CA8A #8A61CA

tetradic

#CA8A61 #6CCA61 #61A1CA #BF61CA

square

#CA8A61 #6CCA61 #61A1CA #BF61CA

split-complementary

#CA8A61 #61CABF #616CCA

monochromatic

#844F2C #B26A3C #CA8A61 #D9AC8F #E9CEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#CA8A61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#CA8A61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8A61

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8A61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8A61	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C905E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9E61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7E80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8a61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 138, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.096 53.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddac8e',
    500: '#ca8a61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8a61;
$custom-light: #ddac8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8a61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.429,
    "s": 49.763,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68853,
    "c": 0.0963,
    "h": 53.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8A61

secondary

#AFC8D8

accent

#A3D94F

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4F0

border

#D4CECB

text

#15100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8A61

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

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