#CA6A40#CA6A40

#CA6A40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.134 H 43.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA6A40
RGB	rgb(202, 106, 64)
HSL	hsl(18, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(18, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.5%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.32, 34.69, 40.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.32, 53.05, 49.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% 0.0977 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.134 43.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4392, 23.2383, 7.7320)
Luminance	0.2324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA6A40 #40A0CA

analogous

#CA405B #CA6A40 #CAAF40

triadic

#CA6A40 #40CA6A #6A40CA

tetradic

#CA6A40 #5BCA40 #40A0CA #AF40CA

square

#CA6A40 #5BCA40 #40A0CA #AF40CA

split-complementary

#CA6A40 #40CAAF #405BCA

monochromatic

#70381F #A0502C #CA6A40 #D78F70 #E5B5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#CA6A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#CA6A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA6A40

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA6A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA6A40	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84773C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD5760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca6a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 106, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.134 43.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09676',
    500: '#ca6a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca6a40;
$custom-light: #e09676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca6a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.261,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6278,
    "c": 0.1343,
    "h": 43.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA6A40

secondary

#95BFD1

accent

#B2E048

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA6A40

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

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