#CA9851#CA9851

#CA9851 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.107 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9851
RGB	rgb(202, 152, 81)
HSL	hsl(35, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(35, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.8%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, 10.92, 44.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 45.37, 76.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% 0.0291 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.107 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0726, 35.6097, 12.7038)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9851 #5183CA

analogous

#CA5C51 #CA9851 #BFCA51

triadic

#CA9851 #51CA98 #9851CA

tetradic

#CA9851 #51CA5C #5183CA #CA51BF

square

#CA9851 #51CA5C #5183CA #CA51BF

split-complementary

#CA9851 #51BFCA #5C51CA

monochromatic

#7B5825 #AA7934 #CA9851 #D8B480 #E7D0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#CA9851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#CA9851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9851

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9851	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 152, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.107 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb684',
    500: '#ca9851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9851;
$custom-light: #ddb684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.207,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71284,
    "c": 0.10693,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9851

secondary

#A2B7D5

accent

#87DD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9851

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

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