#CA5E38#CA5E38

#CA5E38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.147 H 39.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA5E38
RGB	rgb(202, 94, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(16, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.5%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.79, 40.41, 41.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.79, 57.93, 45.77°)
OKLab	oklab(60.82% 0.1138 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(60.82% 0.147 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0765, 20.8512, 6.2341)
Luminance	0.2085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA5E38 #38A4CA

analogous

#CA385B #CA5E38 #CAA738

triadic

#CA5E38 #38CA5E #5E38CA

tetradic

#CA5E38 #5BCA38 #38A4CA #A738CA

square

#CA5E38 #5BCA38 #38A4CA #A738CA

split-complementary

#CA5E38 #38CAA7 #385BCA

monochromatic

#6B311D #9B4729 #CA5E38 #D78568 #E4AC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#CA5E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#CA5E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA5E38

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA5E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA5E38	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD4756

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca5e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 94, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.147 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18e70',
    500: '#ca5e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca5e38;
$custom-light: #e18e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca5e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.616,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6082,
    "c": 0.14739,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA5E38

secondary

#8EBECF

accent

#B9E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA5E38

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

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