#CA9E55#CA9E55

#CA9E55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.105 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9E55
RGB	rgb(202, 158, 85)
HSL	hsl(37, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 57.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, 7.97, 43.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 44.58, 79.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% 0.0209 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.105 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.2256, 37.6686, 13.8500)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9E55 #5581CA

analogous

#CA6455 #CA9E55 #BCCA55

triadic

#CA9E55 #55CA9E #9E55CA

tetradic

#CA9E55 #55CA64 #5581CA #CA55BC

square

#CA9E55 #55CA64 #5581CA #CA55BC

split-complementary

#CA9E55 #55BCCA #6455CA

monochromatic

#7D5D27 #AC8036 #CA9E55 #D9B984 #E7D3B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CA9E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#CA9E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9E55

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9E55	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9F4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 158, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.105 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddba87',
    500: '#ca9e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9e55;
$custom-light: #ddba87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.436,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72517,
    "c": 0.10507,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9E55

secondary

#A5B7D5

accent

#82DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9E55

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

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