#CA997E#CA997E

#CA997E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.070 H 50.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA997E
RGB	rgb(202, 153, 126)
HSL	hsl(21, 42%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(21, 38%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 37.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, 14.72, 21.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 25.89, 55.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% 0.045 0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.07 50.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.5155, 36.8476, 24.7656)
Luminance	0.3684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA997E #7EAFCA

analogous

#CA7E89 #CA997E #CABF7E

triadic

#CA997E #7ECA99 #997ECA

tetradic

#CA997E #89CA7E #7EAFCA #BF7ECA

square

#CA997E #89CA7E #7EAFCA #BF7ECA

split-complementary

#CA997E #7ECABF #7E89CA

monochromatic

#925A3C #B87753 #CA997E #DCBBA9 #EEDED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CA997E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#CA997E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA997E

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA997E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA997E	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69D7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A87E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.070 50.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb7a3',
    500: '#ca997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca997e;
$custom-light: #dcb7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.316,
    "s": 41.758,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72244,
    "c": 0.0701,
    "h": 50.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA997E

secondary

#C5D6DF

accent

#86B531

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F3

border

#D4D0CD

text

#15110F

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA997E

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

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