#CA6542#CA6542

#CA6542 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.138 H 39.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA6542
RGB	rgb(202, 101, 66)
HSL	hsl(15, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(15, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.30, 37.39, 37.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.30, 53.24, 45.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.01% 0.1064 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(62.01% 0.138 39.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9968, 22.2608, 7.8703)
Luminance	0.2226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA6542 #42A7CA

analogous

#CA4263 #CA6542 #CAA942

triadic

#CA6542 #42CA65 #6542CA

tetradic

#CA6542 #63CA42 #42A7CA #A942CA

square

#CA6542 #63CA42 #42A7CA #A942CA

split-complementary

#CA6542 #42CAA9 #4263CA

monochromatic

#723520 #A24B2D #CA6542 #D78C72 #E5B3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#CA6542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#CA6542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA6542

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA6542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA6542	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	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)

#80743E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD515D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca6542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 101, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.138 39.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09377',
    500: '#ca6542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca6542;
$custom-light: #e09377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca6542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.441,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62012,
    "c": 0.13777,
    "h": 39.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA6542

secondary

#96C2D1

accent

#B9DF48

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA6542

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

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