#CA9C8A#CA9C8A

#CA9C8A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.061 H 42.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9C8A
RGB	rgb(202, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(17, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(17, 32%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 31.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, 14.58, 16.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 21.66, 47.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% 0.045 0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.061 42.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.8340, 38.1705, 29.2566)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9C8A #8AB8CA

analogous

#CA8A98 #CA9C8A #CABC8A

triadic

#CA9C8A #8ACA9C #9C8ACA

tetradic

#CA9C8A #98CA8A #8AB8CA #BC8ACA

square

#CA9C8A #98CA8A #8AB8CA #BC8ACA

split-complementary

#CA9C8A #8ACABC #8A98CA

monochromatic

#965B44 #B77860 #CA9C8A #DDC0B4 #F0E3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#CA9C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#CA9C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9C8A

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9C8A	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A189

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AA8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.061 42.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb9ac',
    500: '#ca9c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9c8a;
$custom-light: #dbb9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.875,
    "s": 37.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7309,
    "c": 0.06095,
    "h": 42.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9C8A

secondary

#CEDCE2

accent

#8EB135

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9C8A

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

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