#CA9E5E#CA9E5E

#CA9E5E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.097 H 75.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9E5E
RGB	rgb(202, 158, 94)
HSL	hsl(36, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(36, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 53.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, 8.70, 39.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 40.37, 77.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% 0.0242 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.097 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6062, 37.8208, 15.8542)
Luminance	0.3782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9E5E #5E8ACA

analogous

#CA685E #CA9E5E #C0CA5E

triadic

#CA9E5E #5ECA9E #9E5ECA

tetradic

#CA9E5E #5ECA68 #5E8ACA #CA5EC0

square

#CA9E5E #5ECA68 #5E8ACA #CA5EC0

split-complementary

#CA9E5E #5EC0CA #685ECA

monochromatic

#835F2B #B1803A #CA9E5E #D9BA8C #E8D5BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CA9E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#CA9E5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9E5E

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9E5E	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9F59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 158, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.097 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddba8d',
    500: '#ca9e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9e5e;
$custom-light: #ddba8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.556,
    "s": 50.467,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72641,
    "c": 0.09713,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9E5E

secondary

#ACBED7

accent

#87DA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9E5E

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

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