#CA9257#CA9257

#CA9257 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.102 H 66.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9257
RGB	rgb(202, 146, 87)
HSL	hsl(31, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(31, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 56.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, 14.65, 39.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 41.93, 69.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.2% 0.0409 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(70.2% 0.102 66.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3584, 33.8051, 13.6251)
Luminance	0.3380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9257 #578FCA

analogous

#CA5957 #CA9257 #C8CA57

triadic

#CA9257 #57CA92 #9257CA

tetradic

#CA9257 #57CA59 #578FCA #CA57C8

square

#CA9257 #57CA59 #578FCA #CA57C8

split-complementary

#CA9257 #57C8CA #5957CA

monochromatic

#7F5428 #AD7337 #CA9257 #D9B086 #E7CEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#CA9257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#CA9257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9257

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9257	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8584

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 146, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.102 66.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb288',
    500: '#ca9257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9257;
$custom-light: #ddb288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.783,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70204,
    "c": 0.10175,
    "h": 66.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9257

secondary

#A7BED6

accent

#92DB4C

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF5F0

border

#D5CFCB

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9257

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

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