#CA9C72#CA9C72

#CA9C72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.079 H 63.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9C72
RGB	rgb(202, 156, 114)
HSL	hsl(29, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(29, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 43.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, 11.72, 28.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 30.87, 67.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% 0.0352 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.079 63.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.2843, 37.5507, 21.0952)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9C72 #72A0CA

analogous

#CA7274 #CA9C72 #CAC872

triadic

#CA9C72 #72CA9C #9C72CA

tetradic

#CA9C72 #74CA72 #72A0CA #C872CA

square

#CA9C72 #74CA72 #72A0CA #C872CA

split-complementary

#CA9C72 #72CAC8 #7274CA

monochromatic

#8D5F35 #B97D46 #CA9C72 #DBBB9E #EBDACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CA9C72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#CA9C72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9C72

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9C72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9C72	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9F6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A973

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9c72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.079 63.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb99b',
    500: '#ca9c72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9c72;
$custom-light: #dcb99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9c72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.636,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72583,
    "c": 0.07892,
    "h": 63.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9C72

secondary

#BCCDDC

accent

#76B92D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9C72

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

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