#CA9957#CA9957

#CA9957 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.102 H 73.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9957
RGB	rgb(202, 153, 87)
HSL	hsl(34, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(34, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 56.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, 10.84, 41.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 42.78, 75.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% 0.0296 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.102 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.4706, 36.0297, 13.9958)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9957 #5788CA

analogous

#CA6057 #CA9957 #C1CA57

triadic

#CA9957 #57CA99 #9957CA

tetradic

#CA9957 #57CA60 #5788CA #CA57C1

square

#CA9957 #57CA60 #5788CA #CA57C1

split-complementary

#CA9957 #57C1CA #6057CA

monochromatic

#7F5A28 #AD7B37 #CA9957 #D9B586 #E7D1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CA9957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#CA9957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9957

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9957	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9B51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 153, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.102 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb788',
    500: '#ca9957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9957;
$custom-light: #ddb788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.435,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71559,
    "c": 0.10215,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9957

secondary

#A7BBD6

accent

#89DB4C

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9957

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

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