#CA9974#CA9974

#CA9974 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.078 H 58.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9974
RGB	rgb(202, 153, 116)
HSL	hsl(26, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(26, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 42.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, 13.57, 26.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 29.81, 62.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% 0.0409 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.078 58.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9022, 36.6023, 21.5355)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9974 #74A5CA

analogous

#CA747A #CA9974 #CAC474

triadic

#CA9974 #74CA99 #9974CA

tetradic

#CA9974 #7ACA74 #74A5CA #C474CA

square

#CA9974 #7ACA74 #74A5CA #C474CA

split-complementary

#CA9974 #74CAC4 #747ACA

monochromatic

#8E5C36 #B97848 #CA9974 #DBBAA0 #ECDACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#CA9974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#CA9974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9974

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9974	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89D71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 153, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.078 58.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb79c',
    500: '#ca9974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9974;
$custom-light: #dcb79c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.814,
    "s": 44.792,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7204,
    "c": 0.0776,
    "h": 58.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9974

secondary

#BDCFDD

accent

#7CB82E

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9974

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

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