#CA6D35#CA6D35

#CA6D35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.137 H 49.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA6D35
RGB	rgb(202, 109, 53)
HSL	hsl(23, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(23, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46%, 73.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, 32.55, 46.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 56.60, 54.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% 0.0894 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.137 49.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4711, 23.7544, 6.3479)
Luminance	0.2375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA6D35 #3592CA

analogous

#CA3548 #CA6D35 #CAB735

triadic

#CA6D35 #35CA6D #6D35CA

tetradic

#CA6D35 #48CA35 #3592CA #B735CA

square

#CA6D35 #48CA35 #3592CA #B735CA

split-complementary

#CA6D35 #35CAB7 #3548CA

monochromatic

#69391C #9A5328 #CA6D35 #D79065 #E3B396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#CA6D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#CA6D35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA6D35

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA6D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA6D35	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87792E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD5A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca6d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 109, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.137 49.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0986f',
    500: '#ca6d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca6d35;
$custom-light: #e0986f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca6d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.55,
    "s": 58.431,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63144,
    "c": 0.13661,
    "h": 49.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA6D35

secondary

#8CB6CF

accent

#A7E246

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#170E07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA6D35

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

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