#CA8E55#CA8E55

#CA8E55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.104 H 63.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8E55
RGB	rgb(202, 142, 85)
HSL	hsl(29, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(29, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 57.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.80, 16.68, 39.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.80, 42.52, 66.91°)
OKLab	oklab(69.41% 0.0467 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(69.41% 0.104 63.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.6719, 32.5612, 12.9987)
Luminance	0.3256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8E55 #5591CA

analogous

#CA5557 #CA8E55 #CAC955

triadic

#CA8E55 #55CA8E #8E55CA

tetradic

#CA8E55 #57CA55 #5591CA #C955CA

square

#CA8E55 #57CA55 #5591CA #C955CA

split-complementary

#CA8E55 #55CAC9 #5557CA

monochromatic

#7D5127 #AC6F36 #CA8E55 #D9AD84 #E7CCB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#CA8E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#CA8E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8E55

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8E55	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 142, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.104 63.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deaf86',
    500: '#ca8e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8e55;
$custom-light: #deaf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.231,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69414,
    "c": 0.10368,
    "h": 63.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8E55

secondary

#A5BED5

accent

#96DC4C

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8E55

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

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