#CA4E23#CA4E23

#CA4E23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.167 H 38.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA4E23
RGB	rgb(202, 78, 35)
HSL	hsl(15, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(15, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 82.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.65, 47.26, 48.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.65, 67.88, 45.88°)
OKLab	oklab(58.39% 0.1313 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(58.39% 0.167 38.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3879, 18.1306, 3.6472)
Luminance	0.1813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA4E23 #239FCA

analogous

#CA234C #CA4E23 #CAA223

triadic

#CA4E23 #23CA4E #4E23CA

tetradic

#CA4E23 #4CCA23 #239FCA #A223CA

square

#CA4E23 #4CCA23 #239FCA #A223CA

split-complementary

#CA4E23 #23CAA2 #234CCA

monochromatic

#622611 #963A1A #CA4E23 #E0714A #E99A7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#CA4E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#CA4E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA4E23

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA4E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA4E23	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71651C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90801D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE2E46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca4e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 78, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.167 38.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38462',
    500: '#ca4e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca4e23;
$custom-light: #e38462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca4e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.449,
    "s": 70.464,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58385,
    "c": 0.16721,
    "h": 38.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA4E23

secondary

#78BAD1

accent

#BFED3B

background

#FFF8F5

surface

#FEEFEA

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170B05

muted

#857C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA4E23

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

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