Terracotta (survey)#CA6641

#CA6641 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.137 H 40.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Terracotta (survey) — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#CA6641
RGB	rgb(202, 102, 65)
HSL	hsl(16, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(16, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.5%, 67.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.50, 36.82, 38.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.50, 53.39, 46.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% 0.1044 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.137 40.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0653, 22.4445, 7.7489)
Luminance	0.2244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA6641 #41A5CA

analogous

#CA4161 #CA6641 #CAAA41

triadic

#CA6641 #41CA66 #6641CA

tetradic

#CA6641 #61CA41 #41A5CA #AA41CA

square

#CA6641 #61CA41 #41A5CA #AA41CA

split-complementary

#CA6641 #41CAAA #4161CA

monochromatic

#713620 #A14C2D #CA6641 #D78D71 #E5B3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#CA6641 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#CA6641 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA6641

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA6641	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA6641	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81753D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD525E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca6641;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 102, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.137 40.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09377',
    500: '#ca6641',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca6641;
$custom-light: #e09377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca6641",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.204,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62156,
    "c": 0.13725,
    "h": 40.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA6641

secondary

#96C1D1

accent

#B7E048

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA6641

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

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