#CA9972#CA9972

#CA9972 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.079 H 59.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9972
RGB	rgb(202, 153, 114)
HSL	hsl(27, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(27, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 43.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, 13.36, 27.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 30.64, 64.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72% 0.0401 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.079 59.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7871, 36.5563, 20.9294)
Luminance	0.3655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9972 #72A3CA

analogous

#CA7277 #CA9972 #CAC572

triadic

#CA9972 #72CA99 #9972CA

tetradic

#CA9972 #77CA72 #72A3CA #C572CA

square

#CA9972 #77CA72 #72A3CA #C572CA

split-complementary

#CA9972 #72CAC5 #7277CA

monochromatic

#8D5C35 #B97946 #CA9972 #DBB99E #EBD9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CA9972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#CA9972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9972

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9972	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89C6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 153, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.079 59.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb79b',
    500: '#ca9972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9972;
$custom-light: #dcb79b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.591,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72001,
    "c": 0.07921,
    "h": 59.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9972

secondary

#BCCEDC

accent

#7BB92D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9972

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

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