#CA6038#CA6038

#CA6038 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.146 H 40.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA6038
RGB	rgb(202, 96, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(16, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.5%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.18, 39.41, 41.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.18, 57.55, 46.79°)
OKLab	oklab(61.12% 0.1108 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(61.12% 0.146 40.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2566, 21.2115, 6.2942)
Luminance	0.2121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA6038 #38A2CA

analogous

#CA3859 #CA6038 #CAA938

triadic

#CA6038 #38CA60 #6038CA

tetradic

#CA6038 #59CA38 #38A2CA #A938CA

square

#CA6038 #59CA38 #38A2CA #A938CA

split-complementary

#CA6038 #38CAA9 #3859CA

monochromatic

#6B321D #9B4929 #CA6038 #D78768 #E4AD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#CA6038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#CA6038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA6038

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA6038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA6038	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD4A57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca6038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 96, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.146 40.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18f70',
    500: '#ca6038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca6038;
$custom-light: #e18f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca6038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.438,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6112,
    "c": 0.14563,
    "h": 40.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA6038

secondary

#8EBECF

accent

#B7E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170D07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA6038

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

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