#CA9951#CA9951

#CA9951 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.107 H 75.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9951
RGB	rgb(202, 153, 81)
HSL	hsl(36, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(36, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, 10.38, 44.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 45.52, 76.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% 0.0275 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.107 75.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2356, 35.9357, 12.7581)
Luminance	0.3593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9951 #5182CA

analogous

#CA5C51 #CA9951 #BFCA51

triadic

#CA9951 #51CA99 #9951CA

tetradic

#CA9951 #51CA5C #5182CA #CA51BF

square

#CA9951 #51CA5C #5182CA #CA51BF

split-complementary

#CA9951 #51BFCA #5C51CA

monochromatic

#7B5825 #AA7A34 #CA9951 #D8B480 #E7D0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#CA9951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#CA9951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9951

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9951	1.00	2.57	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9B4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 153, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.107 75.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb684',
    500: '#ca9951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9951;
$custom-light: #ddb684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.702,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71479,
    "c": 0.10711,
    "h": 75.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9951

secondary

#A2B7D5

accent

#86DD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9951

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

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