#CA6238#CA6238

#CA6238 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.144 H 41.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA6238
RGB	rgb(202, 98, 56)
HSL	hsl(17, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(17, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.5%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.58, 38.39, 42.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.58, 57.19, 47.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.42% 0.1077 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(61.42% 0.144 41.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4414, 21.5811, 6.3558)
Luminance	0.2158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA6238 #38A0CA

analogous

#CA3857 #CA6238 #CAAB38

triadic

#CA6238 #38CA62 #6238CA

tetradic

#CA6238 #57CA38 #38A0CA #AB38CA

square

#CA6238 #57CA38 #38A0CA #AB38CA

split-complementary

#CA6238 #38CAAB #3857CA

monochromatic

#6B331D #9B4A29 #CA6238 #D78868 #E4AE99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#CA6238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#CA6238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA6238

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA6238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA6238	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD4C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca6238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 98, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.144 41.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e19170',
    500: '#ca6238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca6238;
$custom-light: #e19170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca6238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.26,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61424,
    "c": 0.14391,
    "h": 41.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA6238

secondary

#8EBDCF

accent

#B5E147

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA6238

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

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