#CA8A74#CA8A74

#CA8A74 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.085 H 39.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8A74
RGB	rgb(202, 138, 116)
HSL	hsl(15, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(15, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 42.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.34, 21.78, 21.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.34, 30.72, 44.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% 0.0654 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.085 39.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5996, 31.9971, 20.7680)
Luminance	0.3199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8A74 #74B4CA

analogous

#CA7489 #CA8A74 #CAB574

triadic

#CA8A74 #74CA8A #8A74CA

tetradic

#CA8A74 #89CA74 #74B4CA #B574CA

square

#CA8A74 #89CA74 #74B4CA #B574CA

split-complementary

#CA8A74 #74CAB5 #7489CA

monochromatic

#8E4C36 #B96548 #CA8A74 #DBAFA0 #ECD5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#CA8A74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#CA8A74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8A74

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8A74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8A74	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9172

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99F74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8a74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 138, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.085 39.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcac9c',
    500: '#ca8a74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8a74;
$custom-light: #dcac9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8a74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.349,
    "s": 44.792,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69216,
    "c": 0.0851,
    "h": 39.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8A74

secondary

#BDD5DD

accent

#95B82E

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8A74

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

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