#CA9659#CA9659

#CA9659 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.100 H 69.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9659
RGB	rgb(202, 150, 89)
HSL	hsl(32, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(32, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, 12.63, 39.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 41.45, 72.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71% 0.0352 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.1 69.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0686, 35.0931, 14.2705)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9659 #598DCA

analogous

#CA5E59 #CA9659 #C6CA59

triadic

#CA9659 #59CA96 #9659CA

tetradic

#CA9659 #59CA5E #598DCA #CA59C6

square

#CA9659 #59CA5E #598DCA #CA59C6

split-complementary

#CA9659 #59C6CA #5E59CA

monochromatic

#805829 #AE7838 #CA9659 #D9B387 #E8D1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#CA9659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#CA9659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9659

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9659	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 150, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.100 69.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb489',
    500: '#ca9659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9659;
$custom-light: #ddb489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.389,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71003,
    "c": 0.10015,
    "h": 69.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9659

secondary

#A8BED6

accent

#8EDB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9659

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

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