#CA9956#CA9956

#CA9956 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.103 H 73.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9956
RGB	rgb(202, 153, 86)
HSL	hsl(35, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(35, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 57.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, 10.76, 41.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 43.23, 75.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% 0.0293 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.103 73.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4301, 36.0135, 13.7822)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9956 #5687CA

analogous

#CA5F56 #CA9956 #C1CA56

triadic

#CA9956 #56CA99 #9956CA

tetradic

#CA9956 #56CA5F #5687CA #CA56C1

square

#CA9956 #56CA5F #5687CA #CA56C1

split-complementary

#CA9956 #56C1CA #5F56CA

monochromatic

#7E5A28 #AD7B36 #CA9956 #D9B585 #E7D1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CA9956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#CA9956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9956

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9956	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9B50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 153, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.103 73.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb787',
    500: '#ca9956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9956;
$custom-light: #ddb787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.655,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71545,
    "c": 0.10298,
    "h": 73.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9956

secondary

#A6BAD6

accent

#89DC4C

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9956

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

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