#CA6540#CA6540

#CA6540 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.138 H 40.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA6540
RGB	rgb(202, 101, 64)
HSL	hsl(16, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(16, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.28, 37.28, 38.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.28, 53.91, 46.26°)
OKLab	oklab(61.99% 0.1057 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(61.99% 0.138 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.9389, 22.2376, 7.5652)
Luminance	0.2223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA6540 #40A5CA

analogous

#CA4060 #CA6540 #CAAA40

triadic

#CA6540 #40CA65 #6540CA

tetradic

#CA6540 #60CA40 #40A5CA #AA40CA

square

#CA6540 #60CA40 #40A5CA #AA40CA

split-complementary

#CA6540 #40CAAA #4060CA

monochromatic

#70351F #A04C2C #CA6540 #D78C70 #E5B2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#CA6540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#CA6540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA6540

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA6540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA6540	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80743C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD515D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca6540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 101, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.138 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09376',
    500: '#ca6540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca6540;
$custom-light: #e09376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca6540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.087,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61986,
    "c": 0.13849,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA6540

secondary

#95C1D1

accent

#B7E048

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA6540

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

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