#CA603B#CA603B

#CA603B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.145 H 39.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA603B
RGB	rgb(202, 96, 59)
HSL	hsl(16, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(16, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.5%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.21, 39.56, 40.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.21, 56.54, 45.61°)
OKLab	oklab(61.16% 0.1118 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(61.16% 0.145 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3322, 21.2417, 6.6923)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA603B #3BA5CA

analogous

#CA3B5D #CA603B #CAA73B

triadic

#CA603B #3BCA60 #603BCA

tetradic

#CA603B #5DCA3B #3BA5CA #A73BCA

square

#CA603B #5DCA3B #3BA5CA #A73BCA

split-complementary

#CA603B #3BCAA7 #3B5DCA

monochromatic

#6D321E #9D482B #CA603B #D7876B #E4AE9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#CA603B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#CA603B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA603B

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA603B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA603B	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD4A58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca603b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 96, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.145 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18f72',
    500: '#ca603b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca603b;
$custom-light: #e18f72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca603b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.524,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61155,
    "c": 0.14463,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA603B

secondary

#91C0D0

accent

#B9E147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170D08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA603B

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

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