#CA9E52#CA9E52

#CA9E52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.108 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9E52
RGB	rgb(202, 158, 82)
HSL	hsl(38, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(38, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 59.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, 7.74, 45.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 45.96, 80.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% 0.0199 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.108 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1090, 37.6219, 13.2355)
Luminance	0.3762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9E52 #527ECA

analogous

#CA6252 #CA9E52 #BACA52

triadic

#CA9E52 #52CA9E #9E52CA

tetradic

#CA9E52 #52CA62 #527ECA #CA52BA

square

#CA9E52 #52CA62 #527ECA #CA52BA

split-complementary

#CA9E52 #52BACA #6252CA

monochromatic

#7C5C26 #AB7F34 #CA9E52 #D8B881 #E7D3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CA9E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#CA9E52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9E52

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9E52	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 158, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.108 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddba85',
    500: '#ca9e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9e52;
$custom-light: #ddba85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72478,
    "c": 0.10763,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9E52

secondary

#A3B5D5

accent

#81DD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9E52

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

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