#CA6840#CA6840

#CA6840 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.136 H 42.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA6840
RGB	rgb(202, 104, 64)
HSL	hsl(17, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(17, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.5%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.90, 35.73, 39.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.90, 53.38, 47.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% 0.1009 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.136 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2355, 22.8309, 7.6640)
Luminance	0.2283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA6840 #40A2CA

analogous

#CA405D #CA6840 #CAAD40

triadic

#CA6840 #40CA68 #6840CA

tetradic

#CA6840 #5DCA40 #40A2CA #AD40CA

square

#CA6840 #5DCA40 #40A2CA #AD40CA

split-complementary

#CA6840 #40CAAD #405DCA

monochromatic

#70371F #A04E2C #CA6840 #D78E70 #E5B4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#CA6840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#CA6840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA6840

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA6840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA6840	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83763C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD555F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca6840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 104, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.136 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09576',
    500: '#ca6840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca6840;
$custom-light: #e09576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca6840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.391,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62459,
    "c": 0.13594,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA6840

secondary

#95C0D1

accent

#B4E048

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA6840

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

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