#CA9959#CA9959

#CA9959 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.100 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9959
RGB	rgb(202, 153, 89)
HSL	hsl(34, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(34, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, 11.00, 40.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 41.86, 74.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% 0.0304 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.1 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5535, 36.0628, 14.4321)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9959 #598ACA

analogous

#CA6159 #CA9959 #C3CA59

triadic

#CA9959 #59CA99 #9959CA

tetradic

#CA9959 #59CA61 #598ACA #CA59C3

square

#CA9959 #59CA61 #598ACA #CA59C3

split-complementary

#CA9959 #59C3CA #6159CA

monochromatic

#805A29 #AE7B38 #CA9959 #D9B687 #E8D2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CA9959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#CA9959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9959

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9959	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)

#AB9B53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 153, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.100 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb789',
    500: '#ca9959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9959;
$custom-light: #ddb789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.982,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71587,
    "c": 0.10046,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9959

secondary

#A8BCD6

accent

#8ADB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9959

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

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