#CA5F38#CA5F38

#CA5F38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.147 H 40.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA5F38
RGB	rgb(202, 95, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(16, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.98, 39.91, 41.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.98, 57.74, 46.28°)
OKLab	oklab(60.97% 0.1123 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(60.97% 0.147 40)
XYZ	xyz(29.1659, 21.0302, 6.2640)
Luminance	0.2103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA5F38 #38A3CA

analogous

#CA385A #CA5F38 #CAA838

triadic

#CA5F38 #38CA5F #5F38CA

tetradic

#CA5F38 #5ACA38 #38A3CA #A838CA

square

#CA5F38 #5ACA38 #38A3CA #A838CA

split-complementary

#CA5F38 #38CAA8 #385ACA

monochromatic

#6B321D #9B4829 #CA5F38 #D78668 #E4AD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#CA5F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#CA5F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA5F38

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA5F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA5F38	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD4956

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca5f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 95, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.147 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18f70',
    500: '#ca5f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca5f38;
$custom-light: #e18f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca5f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.027,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60969,
    "c": 0.14651,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.21026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA5F38

secondary

#8EBECF

accent

#B8E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA5F38

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

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