#CA8E59#CA8E59

#CA8E59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.101 H 61.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8E59
RGB	rgb(202, 142, 89)
HSL	hsl(28, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(28, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.86, 17.00, 37.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.86, 40.79, 65.37°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% 0.0482 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.101 61.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8354, 32.6266, 13.8594)
Luminance	0.3262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8E59 #5995CA

analogous

#CA595D #CA8E59 #CAC759

triadic

#CA8E59 #59CA8E #8E59CA

tetradic

#CA8E59 #5DCA59 #5995CA #C759CA

square

#CA8E59 #5DCA59 #5995CA #C759CA

split-complementary

#CA8E59 #59CAC7 #595DCA

monochromatic

#805229 #AE6F38 #CA8E59 #D9AE87 #E8CDB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#CA8E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#CA8E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8E59

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8E59	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8181

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 142, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.101 61.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddaf89',
    500: '#ca8e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8e59;
$custom-light: #ddaf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.142,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69473,
    "c": 0.10071,
    "h": 61.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8E59

secondary

#A8C1D6

accent

#98DB4D

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8E59

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

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