#CA8972#CA8972

#CA8972 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.087 H 40.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8972
RGB	rgb(202, 137, 114)
HSL	hsl(16, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(16, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 43.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.07, 22.11, 22.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.07, 31.48, 45.40°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% 0.0663 0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.087 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3417, 31.6655, 20.1143)
Luminance	0.3166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8972 #72B3CA

analogous

#CA7287 #CA8972 #CAB572

triadic

#CA8972 #72CA89 #8972CA

tetradic

#CA8972 #87CA72 #72B3CA #B572CA

square

#CA8972 #87CA72 #72B3CA #B572CA

split-complementary

#CA8972 #72CAB5 #7287CA

monochromatic

#8D4C35 #B96446 #CA8972 #DBAE9E #EBD3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#CA8972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#CA8972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8972

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8972	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89E72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D97F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 137, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.087 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcab9a',
    500: '#ca8972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8972;
$custom-light: #dcab9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.682,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68991,
    "c": 0.08685,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8972

secondary

#BCD4DC

accent

#94B92D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8972

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

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