#CA6F38#CA6F38

#CA6F38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.134 H 49.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA6F38
RGB	rgb(202, 111, 56)
HSL	hsl(23, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(23, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, 31.63, 45.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 55.27, 55.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% 0.0871 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.134 49.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7581, 24.2144, 6.7947)
Luminance	0.2421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA6F38 #3893CA

analogous

#CA384A #CA6F38 #CAB838

triadic

#CA6F38 #38CA6F #6F38CA

tetradic

#CA6F38 #4ACA38 #3893CA #B838CA

square

#CA6F38 #4ACA38 #3893CA #B838CA

split-complementary

#CA6F38 #38CAB8 #384ACA

monochromatic

#6B3A1D #9B5429 #CA6F38 #D79268 #E4B599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#CA6F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#CA6F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA6F38

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA6F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA6F38	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897B32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD5C63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca6f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 111, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.134 49.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09971',
    500: '#ca6f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca6f38;
$custom-light: #e09971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca6f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.603,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63507,
    "c": 0.13401,
    "h": 49.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA6F38

secondary

#8EB7CF

accent

#A7E147

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA6F38

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

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