#CA7240#CA7240

#CA7240 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.128 H 48.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA7240
RGB	rgb(202, 114, 64)
HSL	hsl(22, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(22, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.04, 30.46, 42.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.04, 51.96, 54.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% 0.0849 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.128 48.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3025, 24.9647, 8.0197)
Luminance	0.2496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA7240 #4098CA

analogous

#CA4053 #CA7240 #CAB740

triadic

#CA7240 #40CA72 #7240CA

tetradic

#CA7240 #53CA40 #4098CA #B740CA

square

#CA7240 #53CA40 #4098CA #B740CA

split-complementary

#CA7240 #40CAB7 #4053CA

monochromatic

#703D1F #A0562C #CA7240 #D79570 #E5B9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#CA7240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#CA7240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA7240

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA7240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA7240	1.00	3.50	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0903F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD6067

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca7240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 114, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.128 48.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09b77',
    500: '#ca7240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca7240;
$custom-light: #e09b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca7240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.739,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64102,
    "c": 0.12841,
    "h": 48.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA7240

secondary

#95BBD1

accent

#A9E048

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA7240

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

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