#CA9C59#CA9C59

#CA9C59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.101 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#CA9C59
RGBrgb(202, 156, 89)
HSLhsl(36, 52%, 57%)
HSVhsv(36, 56%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 22.8%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(67.32, 9.37, 41.29)
CIE-LCHlch(67.32, 42.34, 77.22°)
OKLaboklab(72.18% 0.0255 0.0978)
OKLCHoklch(72.18% 0.101 75.4)
XYZxyz(38.0507, 37.0572, 14.5979)
Luminance0.3705 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#CA9C59 #5987CA
analogous
#CA6459 #CA9C59 #C0CA59
triadic
#CA9C59 #59CA9C #9C59CA
tetradic
#CA9C59 #59CA64 #5987CA #CA59C0
square
#CA9C59 #59CA64 #5987CA #CA59C0
split-complementary
#CA9C59 #59C0CA #6459CA
monochromatic
#805C29 #AE7E38 #CA9C59 #D9B887 #E8D3B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50
#CA9C59 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41
#CA9C59 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9C59
8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##CA9C59#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##CA9C591.002.508.418.41
#FFFFFF2.501.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4121.001.001.00
##0000008.4121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AD9D53
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B8A85B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#DA908C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ca9c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.101 75.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb989',
    500: '#ca9c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ca9c59;
$custom-light: #ddb989;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ca9c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.575,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72175,
    "c": 0.10104,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#CA9C59
secondary
#A8BBD6
accent
#87DB4D
background
#FDFBF8
surface
#FBF6F0
border
#D4D0CB
text
#15110C
muted
#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9C59

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#CA9C59 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva