#CA6538#CA6538

#CA6538 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.141 H 43.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA6538
RGB	rgb(202, 101, 56)
HSL	hsl(18, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(18, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.19, 36.86, 43.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.19, 56.67, 49.43°)
OKLab	oklab(61.89% 0.103 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(61.89% 0.141 43.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7274, 22.1530, 6.4511)
Luminance	0.2215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA6538 #389DCA

analogous

#CA3854 #CA6538 #CAAE38

triadic

#CA6538 #38CA65 #6538CA

tetradic

#CA6538 #54CA38 #389DCA #AE38CA

square

#CA6538 #54CA38 #389DCA #AE38CA

split-complementary

#CA6538 #38CAAE #3854CA

monochromatic

#6B351D #9B4D29 #CA6538 #D78A68 #E4B099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#CA6538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#CA6538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA6538

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA6538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA6538	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD505B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca6538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 101, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.141 43.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e19371',
    500: '#ca6538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca6538;
$custom-light: #e19371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca6538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.493,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61889,
    "c": 0.14142,
    "h": 43.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA6538

secondary

#8EBBCF

accent

#B2E147

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA6538

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

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