#CA7242#CA7242

#CA7242 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.127 H 47.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA7242
RGB	rgb(202, 114, 66)
HSL	hsl(21, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(21, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.06, 30.57, 41.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.06, 51.21, 53.35°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% 0.0856 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.127 47.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3604, 24.9879, 8.3248)
Luminance	0.2498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA7242 #429ACA

analogous

#CA4256 #CA7242 #CAB642

triadic

#CA7242 #42CA72 #7242CA

tetradic

#CA7242 #56CA42 #429ACA #B642CA

square

#CA7242 #56CA42 #429ACA #B642CA

split-complementary

#CA7242 #42CAB6 #4256CA

monochromatic

#723D20 #A2562D #CA7242 #D79672 #E5B9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#CA7242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#CA7242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA7242

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA7242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA7242	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6167

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca7242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 114, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.127 47.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09b78',
    500: '#ca7242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca7242;
$custom-light: #e09b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca7242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.176,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64126,
    "c": 0.12746,
    "h": 47.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA7242

secondary

#96BDD1

accent

#AADF48

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA7242

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

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