#CA9D59#CA9D59

#CA9D59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.101 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9D59
RGB	rgb(202, 157, 89)
HSL	hsl(36, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(36, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, 8.83, 41.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 42.52, 78.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% 0.0239 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.101 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2192, 37.3942, 14.6540)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9D59 #5986CA

analogous

#CA6559 #CA9D59 #BFCA59

triadic

#CA9D59 #59CA9D #9D59CA

tetradic

#CA9D59 #59CA65 #5986CA #CA59BF

square

#CA9D59 #59CA65 #5986CA #CA59BF

split-complementary

#CA9D59 #59BFCA #6559CA

monochromatic

#805D29 #AE7F38 #CA9D59 #D9B887 #E8D4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CA9D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#CA9D59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9D59

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9D59	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 157, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.101 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb989',
    500: '#ca9d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9d59;
$custom-light: #ddb989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.106,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72372,
    "c": 0.1013,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9D59

secondary

#A8BBD6

accent

#85DB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9D59

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

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