#CA742A#CA742A

#CA742A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.137 H 56.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA742A
RGB	rgb(202, 116, 42)
HSL	hsl(28, 66%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(28, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.6%, 79.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.29, 28.37, 52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.29, 59.91, 61.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% 0.0752 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.137 56.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0232, 25.2179, 5.4238)
Luminance	0.2521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA742A #2A80CA

analogous

#CA2A30 #CA742A #CAC42A

triadic

#CA742A #2ACA74 #742ACA

tetradic

#CA742A #30CA2A #2A80CA #C42ACA

square

#CA742A #30CA2A #2A80CA #C42ACA

split-complementary

#CA742A #2ACAC4 #2A30CA

monochromatic

#653A15 #97571F #CA742A #DC9455 #E6B488

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#CA742A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#CA742A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA742A

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA742A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA742A	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7E1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD6165

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca742a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 116, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.137 56.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e19c69',
    500: '#ca742a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca742a;
$custom-light: #e19c69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca742a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.75,
    "s": 65.574,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64228,
    "c": 0.13703,
    "h": 56.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA742A

secondary

#80ABD0

accent

#9AE93F

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#170E07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA742A

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

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