#CA9255#CA9255

#CA9255 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.103 H 67.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9255
RGB	rgb(202, 146, 85)
HSL	hsl(31, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(31, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 57.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, 14.49, 40.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 42.82, 70.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% 0.0402 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.103 67.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2778, 33.7729, 13.2007)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9255 #558DCA

analogous

#CA5855 #CA9255 #C8CA55

triadic

#CA9255 #55CA92 #9255CA

tetradic

#CA9255 #55CA58 #558DCA #CA55C8

square

#CA9255 #55CA58 #558DCA #CA55C8

split-complementary

#CA9255 #55C8CA #5855CA

monochromatic

#7D5427 #AC7336 #CA9255 #D9B084 #E7CEB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#CA9255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#CA9255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9255

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9255	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8584

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 146, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.103 67.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb286',
    500: '#ca9255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9255;
$custom-light: #ddb286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.282,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70176,
    "c": 0.1033,
    "h": 67.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9255

secondary

#A5BCD5

accent

#91DC4C

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF5EF

border

#D5CFCA

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9255

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

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