#CA6D38#CA6D38

#CA6D38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.135 H 48.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA6D38
RGB	rgb(202, 109, 56)
HSL	hsl(22, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(22, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.87, 32.69, 44.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.87, 55.51, 53.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% 0.0903 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.135 48.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5423, 23.7828, 6.7227)
Luminance	0.2378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA6D38 #3895CA

analogous

#CA384C #CA6D38 #CAB638

triadic

#CA6D38 #38CA6D #6D38CA

tetradic

#CA6D38 #4CCA38 #3895CA #B638CA

square

#CA6D38 #4CCA38 #3895CA #B638CA

split-complementary

#CA6D38 #38CAB6 #384CCA

monochromatic

#6B391D #9B5329 #CA6D38 #D79068 #E4B499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#CA6D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#CA6D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA6D38

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA6D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA6D38	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD5A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca6d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 109, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.135 48.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09871',
    500: '#ca6d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca6d38;
$custom-light: #e09871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca6d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.781,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63175,
    "c": 0.13536,
    "h": 48.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA6D38

secondary

#8EB8CF

accent

#A9E147

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA6D38

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

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