#CA4C20#CA4C20

#CA4C20 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.170 H 38.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4C20
RGB	rgb(202, 76, 32)
HSL	hsl(16, 73%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(16, 84%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 84.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.29, 48.08, 49.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.29, 69.18, 45.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.11% 0.1333 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(58.11% 0.17 38.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2053, 17.8336, 3.3759)
Luminance	0.1783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4C20 #209ECA

analogous

#CA2049 #CA4C20 #CAA120

triadic

#CA4C20 #20CA4C #4C20CA

tetradic

#CA4C20 #49CA20 #209ECA #A120CA

square

#CA4C20 #49CA20 #209ECA #A120CA

split-complementary

#CA4C20 #20CAA1 #2049CA

monochromatic

#60240F #953818 #CA4C20 #E26E46 #EA977A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#CA4C20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#CA4C20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CA4C20

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4C20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CA4C20	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706318

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F801A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE2A44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4c20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 76, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.170 38.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38360',
    500: '#ca4c20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4c20;
$custom-light: #e38360;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4c20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.529,
    "s": 72.65,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58107,
    "c": 0.16958,
    "h": 38.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4C20

secondary

#74B9D2

accent

#C0EF38

background

#FFF8F5

surface

#FFEFEA

border

#D7CAC6

text

#170B05

muted

#857C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4C20

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

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