#CA9B59#CA9B59

#CA9B59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.101 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9B59
RGB	rgb(202, 155, 89)
HSL	hsl(35, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, 9.91, 40.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 42.17, 76.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% 0.0271 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.101 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.8836, 36.7230, 14.5422)
Luminance	0.3672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9B59 #5988CA

analogous

#CA6359 #CA9B59 #C1CA59

triadic

#CA9B59 #59CA9B #9B59CA

tetradic

#CA9B59 #59CA63 #5988CA #CA59C1

square

#CA9B59 #59CA63 #5988CA #CA59C1

split-complementary

#CA9B59 #59C1CA #6359CA

monochromatic

#805C29 #AE7D38 #CA9B59 #D9B787 #E8D3B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#CA9B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#CA9B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9B59

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9B59	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9D53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 155, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.101 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb889',
    500: '#ca9b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9b59;
$custom-light: #ddb889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.044,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71979,
    "c": 0.10082,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9B59

secondary

#A8BCD6

accent

#88DB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9B59

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

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