#CA9856#CA9856

#CA9856 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.103 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9856
RGB	rgb(202, 152, 86)
HSL	hsl(34, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(34, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.8%, 57.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, 11.30, 41.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 43.08, 74.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% 0.0309 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.103 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2671, 35.6875, 13.7278)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9856 #5688CA

analogous

#CA5E56 #CA9856 #C2CA56

triadic

#CA9856 #56CA98 #9856CA

tetradic

#CA9856 #56CA5E #5688CA #CA56C2

square

#CA9856 #56CA5E #5688CA #CA56C2

split-complementary

#CA9856 #56C2CA #5E56CA

monochromatic

#7E5928 #AD7A36 #CA9856 #D9B485 #E7D1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#CA9856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#CA9856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9856

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9856	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 152, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.103 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb687',
    500: '#ca9856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9856;
$custom-light: #ddb687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.138,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7135,
    "c": 0.10283,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9856

secondary

#A6BBD6

accent

#8ADC4C

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9856

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

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