#CA6E38#CA6E38

#CA6E38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.135 H 48.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA6E38
RGB	rgb(202, 110, 56)
HSL	hsl(22, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(22, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.5%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.09, 32.16, 45.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.09, 55.39, 54.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% 0.0887 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.135 48.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6496, 23.9974, 6.7585)
Luminance	0.2399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA6E38 #3894CA

analogous

#CA384B #CA6E38 #CAB738

triadic

#CA6E38 #38CA6E #6E38CA

tetradic

#CA6E38 #4BCA38 #3894CA #B738CA

square

#CA6E38 #4BCA38 #3894CA #B738CA

split-complementary

#CA6E38 #38CAB7 #384BCA

monochromatic

#6B3A1D #9B5429 #CA6E38 #D79168 #E4B499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#CA6E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#CA6E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA6E38

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA6E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA6E38	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887A32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD5B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca6e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 110, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.135 48.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09971',
    500: '#ca6e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca6e38;
$custom-light: #e09971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca6e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.192,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63341,
    "c": 0.13467,
    "h": 48.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA6E38

secondary

#8EB7CF

accent

#A8E147

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA6E38

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

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