#CA8D59#CA8D59

#CA8D59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.101 H 60.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8D59
RGB	rgb(202, 141, 89)
HSL	hsl(28, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(28, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.62, 17.54, 36.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.62, 40.75, 64.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% 0.0498 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.101 60.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6872, 32.3304, 13.8101)
Luminance	0.3233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8D59 #5996CA

analogous

#CA595E #CA8D59 #CAC659

triadic

#CA8D59 #59CA8D #8D59CA

tetradic

#CA8D59 #5ECA59 #5996CA #C659CA

square

#CA8D59 #5ECA59 #5996CA #C659CA

split-complementary

#CA8D59 #59CAC6 #595ECA

monochromatic

#805129 #AE6E38 #CA8D59 #D9AD87 #E8CDB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#CA8D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#CA8D59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8D59

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8D59	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 141, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.101 60.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddae89',
    500: '#ca8d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8d59;
$custom-light: #ddae89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.611,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69285,
    "c": 0.10093,
    "h": 60.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8D59

secondary

#A8C1D6

accent

#9ADB4D

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8D59

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

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