#CA9987#CA9987

#CA9987 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.065 H 41.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9987
RGB	rgb(202, 153, 135)
HSL	hsl(16, 39%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(16, 33%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 33.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, 15.83, 16.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 22.92, 46.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% 0.0487 0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.065 41.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.1226, 37.0905, 27.9628)
Luminance	0.3709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9987 #87B8CA

analogous

#CA8796 #CA9987 #CABA87

triadic

#CA9987 #87CA99 #9987CA

tetradic

#CA9987 #96CA87 #87B8CA #BA87CA

square

#CA9987 #96CA87 #87B8CA #BA87CA

split-complementary

#CA9987 #87CABA #8796CA

monochromatic

#955842 #B7755D #CA9987 #DDBDB1 #EFE1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CA9987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#CA9987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9987

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9987	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59E86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A887

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 153, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.065 41.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb7aa',
    500: '#ca9987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9987;
$custom-light: #dbb7aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.119,
    "s": 38.728,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72446,
    "c": 0.06454,
    "h": 41.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9987

secondary

#CBDBE1

accent

#90B234

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9987

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

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