#CA6231#CA6231

#CA6231 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.146 H 43.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA6231
RGB	rgb(202, 98, 49)
HSL	hsl(19, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(19, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.5%, 75.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.51, 38.08, 45.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.51, 59.59, 50.29°)
OKLab	oklab(61.35% 0.1055 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(61.35% 0.146 43.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.2820, 21.5173, 5.5164)
Luminance	0.2151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA6231 #3199CA

analogous

#CA314C #CA6231 #CAAF31

triadic

#CA6231 #31CA62 #6231CA

tetradic

#CA6231 #4CCA31 #3199CA #AF31CA

square

#CA6231 #4CCA31 #3199CA #AF31CA

split-complementary

#CA6231 #31CAAF #314CCA

monochromatic

#673219 #994A25 #CA6231 #D88660 #E4AC91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#CA6231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#CA6231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA6231

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA6231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA6231	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F722B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98892F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD4C58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca6231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 98, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.146 43.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1916c',
    500: '#ca6231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca6231;
$custom-light: #e1916c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca6231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.216,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6135,
    "c": 0.14632,
    "h": 43.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA6231

secondary

#88B8CF

accent

#B1E444

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170D07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA6231

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

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