#CA9879#CA9879

#CA9879 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.074 H 53.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9879
RGB	rgb(202, 152, 121)
HSL	hsl(23, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(23, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.8%, 40.1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, 14.68, 23.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 27.78, 58.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% 0.0446 0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.074 53)
XYZ	xyz(39.0379, 36.3958, 23.0544)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9879 #79ABCA

analogous

#CA7982 #CA9879 #CAC079

triadic

#CA9879 #79CA98 #9879CA

tetradic

#CA9879 #82CA79 #79ABCA #C079CA

square

#CA9879 #82CA79 #79ABCA #C079CA

split-complementary

#CA9879 #79CAC0 #7982CA

monochromatic

#905A39 #B9764D #CA9879 #DBBAA5 #EDDBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#CA9879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#CA9879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9879

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9879	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69C77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 152, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.074 53.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb6a0',
    500: '#ca9879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9879;
$custom-light: #dcb6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.963,
    "s": 43.316,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71948,
    "c": 0.07404,
    "h": 53
  },
  "luminance": 0.36394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9879

secondary

#C1D3DE

accent

#83B62F

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9879

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

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