#CA9D56#CA9D56

#CA9D56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.104 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9D56
RGB	rgb(202, 157, 86)
HSL	hsl(37, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 57.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, 8.59, 43.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 43.92, 78.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% 0.0229 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.104 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0957, 37.3448, 14.0040)
Luminance	0.3734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9D56 #5683CA

analogous

#CA6356 #CA9D56 #BDCA56

triadic

#CA9D56 #56CA9D #9D56CA

tetradic

#CA9D56 #56CA63 #5683CA #CA56BD

square

#CA9D56 #56CA63 #5683CA #CA56BD

split-complementary

#CA9D56 #56BDCA #6356CA

monochromatic

#7E5C28 #AD7F36 #CA9D56 #D9B885 #E7D3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CA9D56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#CA9D56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9D56

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9D56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9D56	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9d56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 157, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.104 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb987',
    500: '#ca9d56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9d56;
$custom-light: #ddb987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9d56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.724,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72332,
    "c": 0.1039,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9D56

secondary

#A6B9D6

accent

#84DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9D56

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

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