#CA8973#CA8973

#CA8973 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.086 H 39.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8973
RGB	rgb(202, 137, 115)
HSL	hsl(15, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(15, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 43.1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.08, 22.21, 21.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.08, 31.18, 44.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% 0.0667 0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.086 39.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.3990, 31.6884, 20.4157)
Luminance	0.3169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8973 #73B4CA

analogous

#CA7389 #CA8973 #CAB473

triadic

#CA8973 #73CA89 #8973CA

tetradic

#CA8973 #89CA73 #73B4CA #B473CA

square

#CA8973 #89CA73 #73B4CA #B473CA

split-complementary

#CA8973 #73CAB4 #7389CA

monochromatic

#8D4C35 #B96447 #CA8973 #DBAE9F #ECD4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#CA8973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#CA8973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8973

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8973	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89E73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D97F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 137, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.086 39.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcab9b',
    500: '#ca8973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8973;
$custom-light: #dcab9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.172,
    "s": 45.078,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69012,
    "c": 0.08636,
    "h": 39.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8973

secondary

#BCD4DC

accent

#95B82D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8973

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

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