#CA4C15#CA4C15

#CA4C15 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.172 H 40.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4C15
RGB	rgb(202, 76, 21)
HSL	hsl(18, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(18, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 89.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.23, 47.83, 54.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.23, 72.16, 48.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.04% 0.1311 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(58.04% 0.172 40.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.0800, 17.7835, 2.7160)
Luminance	0.1778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4C15 #1593CA

analogous

#CA1538 #CA4C15 #CAA615

triadic

#CA4C15 #15CA4C #4C15CA

tetradic

#CA4C15 #38CA15 #1593CA #A615CA

square

#CA4C15 #38CA15 #1593CA #A615CA

split-complementary

#CA4C15 #15CAA6 #1538CA

monochromatic

#5B2209 #93370F #CA4C15 #EA6A32 #EF926A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#CA4C15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#CA4C15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4C15

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4C15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4C15	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716307

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90800B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF2942

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4c15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 76, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.172 40.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4835a',
    500: '#ca4c15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4c15;
$custom-light: #e4835a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4c15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.232,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58041,
    "c": 0.17152,
    "h": 40.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4C15

secondary

#66B3D5

accent

#BBF830

background

#FFF8F5

surface

#FFEFE9

border

#D7CAC5

text

#180B04

muted

#867C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4C15

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

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