#CA9D79#CA9D79

#CA9D79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.073 H 60.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9D79
RGB	rgb(202, 157, 121)
HSL	hsl(27, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(27, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 40.1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, 11.95, 25.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 27.94, 64.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% 0.0365 0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.073 60)
XYZ	xyz(39.8666, 38.0532, 23.3306)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9D79 #79A6CA

analogous

#CA797D #CA9D79 #CAC679

triadic

#CA9D79 #79CA9D #9D79CA

tetradic

#CA9D79 #7DCA79 #79A6CA #C679CA

square

#CA9D79 #7DCA79 #79A6CA #C679CA

split-complementary

#CA9D79 #79CAC6 #797DCA

monochromatic

#905F39 #B97D4D #CA9D79 #DBBDA5 #EDDDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CA9D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#CA9D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9D79

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9D79	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA076

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AA79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 157, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.073 60.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbaa0',
    500: '#ca9d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9d79;
$custom-light: #dcbaa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.667,
    "s": 43.316,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72913,
    "c": 0.07286,
    "h": 60
  },
  "luminance": 0.38051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9D79

secondary

#C1D1DE

accent

#7AB62F

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9D79

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

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