#CA6F42#CA6F42

#CA6F42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.130 H 45.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA6F42
RGB	rgb(202, 111, 66)
HSL	hsl(20, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(20, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.41, 32.17, 40.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.41, 51.59, 51.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% 0.0904 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.13 45.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0275, 24.3222, 8.2139)
Luminance	0.2432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA6F42 #429DCA

analogous

#CA4259 #CA6F42 #CAB342

triadic

#CA6F42 #42CA6F #6F42CA

tetradic

#CA6F42 #59CA42 #429DCA #B342CA

square

#CA6F42 #59CA42 #429DCA #B342CA

split-complementary

#CA6F42 #42CAB3 #4259CA

monochromatic

#723B20 #A2542D #CA6F42 #D79372 #E5B8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#CA6F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#CA6F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA6F42

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA6F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA6F42	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD5D65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca6f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 111, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.130 45.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09978',
    500: '#ca6f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca6f42;
$custom-light: #e09978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca6f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.853,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63624,
    "c": 0.1296,
    "h": 45.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA6F42

secondary

#96BED1

accent

#ADDF48

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA6F42

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

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