#CA9B8A#CA9B8A

#CA9B8A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.062 H 40.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9B8A
RGB	rgb(202, 155, 138)
HSL	hsl(16, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(16, 32%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 31.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, 15.13, 15.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 21.79, 46.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% 0.0466 0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.062 40.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.6669, 37.8363, 29.2009)
Luminance	0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9B8A #8AB9CA

analogous

#CA8A99 #CA9B8A #CABB8A

triadic

#CA9B8A #8ACA9B #9B8ACA

tetradic

#CA9B8A #99CA8A #8AB9CA #BB8ACA

square

#CA9B8A #99CA8A #8AB9CA #BB8ACA

split-complementary

#CA9B8A #8ACABB #8A99CA

monochromatic

#965A44 #B77760 #CA9B8A #DDBFB4 #F0E3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CA9B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#CA9B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9B8A

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9B8A	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A089

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A98A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 155, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.062 40.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb8ac',
    500: '#ca9b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9b8a;
$custom-light: #dbb8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.937,
    "s": 37.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72898,
    "c": 0.0616,
    "h": 40.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9B8A

secondary

#CEDDE2

accent

#90B135

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9B8A

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

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