#CA5E42#CA5E42

#CA5E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.144 H 35.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA5E42
RGB	rgb(202, 94, 66)
HSL	hsl(12, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(12, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.5%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.90, 40.94, 36.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.90, 54.69, 41.53°)
OKLab	oklab(60.95% 0.1173 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(60.95% 0.144 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.3459, 20.9589, 7.6533)
Luminance	0.2095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA5E42 #42AECA

analogous

#CA426A #CA5E42 #CAA242

triadic

#CA5E42 #42CA5E #5E42CA

tetradic

#CA5E42 #6ACA42 #42AECA #A242CA

square

#CA5E42 #6ACA42 #42AECA #A242CA

split-complementary

#CA5E42 #42CAA2 #426ACA

monochromatic

#723120 #A2452D #CA5E42 #D78772 #E5AFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#CA5E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#CA5E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA5E42

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA5E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA5E42	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B703F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD4958

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca5e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 94, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.144 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08e77',
    500: '#ca5e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca5e42;
$custom-light: #e08e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca5e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.353,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60948,
    "c": 0.14425,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA5E42

secondary

#96C5D1

accent

#C0DF48

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA5E42

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

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