#CA9779#CA9779

#CA9779 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.074 H 51.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9779
RGB	rgb(202, 151, 121)
HSL	hsl(22, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(22, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.2%, 40.1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, 15.22, 23.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 27.80, 56.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% 0.0462 0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.074 51.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8763, 36.0726, 23.0005)
Luminance	0.3607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9779 #79ACCA

analogous

#CA7983 #CA9779 #CABF79

triadic

#CA9779 #79CA97 #9779CA

tetradic

#CA9779 #83CA79 #79ACCA #BF79CA

square

#CA9779 #83CA79 #79ACCA #BF79CA

split-complementary

#CA9779 #79CABF #7983CA

monochromatic

#905939 #B9754D #CA9779 #DBB9A5 #EDDBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CA9779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#CA9779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9779

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9779	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59B77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 151, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.074 51.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb5a0',
    500: '#ca9779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9779;
$custom-light: #dcb5a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.222,
    "s": 43.316,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71756,
    "c": 0.07442,
    "h": 51.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9779

secondary

#C1D3DE

accent

#84B62F

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9779

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

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