#CA8A62#CA8A62

#CA8A62 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.096 H 52.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8A62
RGB	rgb(202, 138, 98)
HSL	hsl(23, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(23, 51%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 51.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.03, 19.97, 31.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.03, 37.04, 57.39°)
OKLab	oklab(68.87% 0.0582 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(68.87% 0.096 52.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6522, 31.6181, 15.7781)
Luminance	0.3161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8A62 #62A2CA

analogous

#CA626E #CA8A62 #CABE62

triadic

#CA8A62 #62CA8A #8A62CA

tetradic

#CA8A62 #6ECA62 #62A2CA #BE62CA

square

#CA8A62 #6ECA62 #62A2CA #BE62CA

split-complementary

#CA8A62 #62CABE #626ECA

monochromatic

#854F2D #B36A3C #CA8A62 #D9AC90 #E9CEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#CA8A62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#CA8A62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8A62

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8A62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8A62	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)

#9C905F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9E62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7E80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8a62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 138, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.096 52.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddac8f',
    500: '#ca8a62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8a62;
$custom-light: #ddac8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8a62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.077,
    "s": 49.524,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6887,
    "c": 0.09563,
    "h": 52.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8A62

secondary

#AFC9D8

accent

#A4D94F

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4F0

border

#D4CECB

text

#15100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8A62

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

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