#CA9559#CA9559

#CA9559 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.100 H 68.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9559
RGB	rgb(202, 149, 89)
HSL	hsl(32, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(32, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, 13.18, 39.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 41.33, 71.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% 0.0368 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.1 68.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9097, 34.7753, 14.2176)
Luminance	0.3477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9559 #598ECA

analogous

#CA5D59 #CA9559 #C7CA59

triadic

#CA9559 #59CA95 #9559CA

tetradic

#CA9559 #59CA5D #598ECA #CA59C7

square

#CA9559 #59CA5D #598ECA #CA59C7

split-complementary

#CA9559 #59C7CA #5D59CA

monochromatic

#805729 #AE7738 #CA9559 #D9B387 #E8D0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#CA9559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#CA9559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9559

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9559	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 149, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.100 68.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb489',
    500: '#ca9559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9559;
$custom-light: #ddb489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.858,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7081,
    "c": 0.10011,
    "h": 68.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9559

secondary

#A8BED6

accent

#8FDB4D

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9559

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

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