#CA9859#CA9859

#CA9859 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.100 H 71.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9859
RGB	rgb(202, 152, 89)
HSL	hsl(33, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(33, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.8%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, 11.54, 40.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 41.71, 73.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% 0.032 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.1 71.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.3905, 35.7369, 14.3778)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9859 #598BCA

analogous

#CA6059 #CA9859 #C4CA59

triadic

#CA9859 #59CA98 #9859CA

tetradic

#CA9859 #59CA60 #598BCA #CA59C4

square

#CA9859 #59CA60 #598BCA #CA59C4

split-complementary

#CA9859 #59C4CA #6059CA

monochromatic

#805929 #AE7A38 #CA9859 #D9B587 #E8D2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#CA9859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#CA9859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9859

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9859	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 152, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.100 71.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb689',
    500: '#ca9859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9859;
$custom-light: #ddb689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.451,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71392,
    "c": 0.10032,
    "h": 71.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9859

secondary

#A8BDD6

accent

#8CDB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9859

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

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