#CA9872#CA9872

#CA9872 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.079 H 58.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9872
RGB	rgb(202, 152, 114)
HSL	hsl(26, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(26, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.8%, 43.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, 13.90, 27.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 30.60, 62.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% 0.0417 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.079 58.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.6241, 36.2303, 20.8751)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9872 #72A4CA

analogous

#CA7278 #CA9872 #CAC472

triadic

#CA9872 #72CA98 #9872CA

tetradic

#CA9872 #78CA72 #72A4CA #C472CA

square

#CA9872 #78CA72 #72A4CA #C472CA

split-complementary

#CA9872 #72CAC4 #7278CA

monochromatic

#8D5B35 #B97846 #CA9872 #DBB89E #EBD9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#CA9872 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#CA9872 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9872

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9872	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9872	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79C6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9872;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 152, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.079 58.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb69b',
    500: '#ca9872',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9872;
$custom-light: #dcb69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9872",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.909,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71809,
    "c": 0.0794,
    "h": 58.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9872

secondary

#BCCEDC

accent

#7CB92D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9872

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

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