#CA9459#CA9459

#CA9459 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.100 H 67.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9459
RGB	rgb(202, 148, 89)
HSL	hsl(31, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(31, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, 13.72, 38.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 41.23, 70.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% 0.0384 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.1 67.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7522, 34.4603, 14.1650)
Luminance	0.3446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9459 #598FCA

analogous

#CA5C59 #CA9459 #C8CA59

triadic

#CA9459 #59CA94 #9459CA

tetradic

#CA9459 #59CA5C #598FCA #CA59C8

square

#CA9459 #59CA5C #598FCA #CA59C8

split-complementary

#CA9459 #59C8CA #5C59CA

monochromatic

#805629 #AE7638 #CA9459 #D9B287 #E8D0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#CA9459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#CA9459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9459

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9459	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 148, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.100 67.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb389',
    500: '#ca9459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9459;
$custom-light: #ddb389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.327,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70617,
    "c": 0.1001,
    "h": 67.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9459

secondary

#A8BED6

accent

#91DB4D

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9459

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

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