#CA9E72#CA9E72

#CA9E72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.079 H 66.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9E72
RGB	rgb(202, 158, 114)
HSL	hsl(30, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(30, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 43.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, 10.63, 29.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 31.09, 70.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% 0.032 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.079 66.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6227, 38.2274, 21.2080)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9E72 #729ECA

analogous

#CA7272 #CA9E72 #CACA72

triadic

#CA9E72 #72CA9E #9E72CA

tetradic

#CA9E72 #72CA72 #729ECA #CA72CA

square

#CA9E72 #72CA72 #729ECA #CA72CA

split-complementary

#CA9E72 #72CACA #7272CA

monochromatic

#8D6135 #B97F46 #CA9E72 #DBBD9E #EBDBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#CA9E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#CA9E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9E72

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9E72	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA06F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AA73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 158, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.079 66.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcba9b',
    500: '#ca9e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9e72;
$custom-light: #dcba9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72973,
    "c": 0.07892,
    "h": 66.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9E72

secondary

#BCCCDC

accent

#73B92D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9E72

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

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