#CA6438#CA6438

#CA6438 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.142 H 42.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA6438
RGB	rgb(202, 100, 56)
HSL	hsl(18, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(18, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.5%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.98, 37.37, 42.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.98, 56.84, 48.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.73% 0.1045 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(61.73% 0.142 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6309, 21.9600, 6.4189)
Luminance	0.2196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA6438 #389ECA

analogous

#CA3855 #CA6438 #CAAD38

triadic

#CA6438 #38CA64 #6438CA

tetradic

#CA6438 #55CA38 #389ECA #AD38CA

square

#CA6438 #55CA38 #389ECA #AD38CA

split-complementary

#CA6438 #38CAAD #3855CA

monochromatic

#6B341D #9B4C29 #CA6438 #D78A68 #E4AF99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#CA6438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#CA6438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA6438

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA6438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA6438	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD4F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca6438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 100, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.142 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e19271',
    500: '#ca6438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca6438;
$custom-light: #e19271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca6438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.082,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61733,
    "c": 0.14224,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA6438

secondary

#8EBCCF

accent

#B3E147

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA6438

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

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