#CA9E56#CA9E56

#CA9E56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.104 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9E56
RGB	rgb(202, 158, 86)
HSL	hsl(37, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 57.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, 8.05, 43.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 44.11, 79.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% 0.0213 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.104 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2656, 37.6846, 14.0607)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9E56 #5682CA

analogous

#CA6456 #CA9E56 #BCCA56

triadic

#CA9E56 #56CA9E #9E56CA

tetradic

#CA9E56 #56CA64 #5682CA #CA56BC

square

#CA9E56 #56CA64 #5682CA #CA56BC

split-complementary

#CA9E56 #56BCCA #6456CA

monochromatic

#7E5D28 #AD8036 #CA9E56 #D9B985 #E7D3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CA9E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#CA9E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9E56

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9E56	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 158, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.104 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddba87',
    500: '#ca9e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9e56;
$custom-light: #ddba87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.241,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7253,
    "c": 0.1042,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9E56

secondary

#A6B8D6

accent

#83DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9E56

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

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