#CA9979#CA9979

#CA9979 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.074 H 54.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9979
RGB	rgb(202, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(24, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(24, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 40.1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, 14.13, 23.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 27.78, 59.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% 0.0429 0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.074 54.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.2009, 36.7218, 23.1087)
Luminance	0.3672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9979 #79AACA

analogous

#CA7981 #CA9979 #CAC279

triadic

#CA9979 #79CA99 #9979CA

tetradic

#CA9979 #81CA79 #79AACA #C279CA

square

#CA9979 #81CA79 #79AACA #C279CA

split-complementary

#CA9979 #79CAC2 #7981CA

monochromatic

#905B39 #B9784D #CA9979 #DBBAA5 #EDDCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#CA9979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#CA9979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9979

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9979	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79D77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.074 54.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb7a0',
    500: '#ca9979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9979;
$custom-light: #dcb7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.704,
    "s": 43.316,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7214,
    "c": 0.07372,
    "h": 54.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9979

secondary

#C1D2DE

accent

#81B62F

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9979

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

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