#CA9857#CA9857

#CA9857 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.102 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9857
RGB	rgb(202, 152, 87)
HSL	hsl(34, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(34, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.8%, 56.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, 11.38, 41.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 42.63, 74.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% 0.0312 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.102 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3076, 35.7037, 13.9415)
Luminance	0.3570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9857 #5789CA

analogous

#CA5F57 #CA9857 #C3CA57

triadic

#CA9857 #57CA98 #9857CA

tetradic

#CA9857 #57CA5F #5789CA #CA57C3

square

#CA9857 #57CA5F #5789CA #CA57C3

split-complementary

#CA9857 #57C3CA #5F57CA

monochromatic

#7F5928 #AD7A37 #CA9857 #D9B586 #E7D1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#CA9857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#CA9857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9857

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9857	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)

#AA9A51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 152, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.102 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb688',
    500: '#ca9857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9857;
$custom-light: #ddb688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.913,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71364,
    "c": 0.102,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9857

secondary

#A7BBD6

accent

#8BDB4C

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9857

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

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