#CA742B#CA742B

#CA742B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.137 H 56.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA742B
RGB	rgb(202, 116, 43)
HSL	hsl(28, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(28, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.6%, 78.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.29, 28.40, 52.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.29, 59.56, 61.52°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% 0.0755 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.137 56.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0413, 25.2252, 5.5193)
Luminance	0.2522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA742B #2B81CA

analogous

#CA2B32 #CA742B #CAC32B

triadic

#CA742B #2BCA74 #742BCA

tetradic

#CA742B #32CA2B #2B81CA #C32BCA

square

#CA742B #32CA2B #2B81CA #C32BCA

split-complementary

#CA742B #2BCAC3 #2B32CA

monochromatic

#653A16 #985720 #CA742B #DB9457 #E6B489

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#CA742B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#CA742B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA742B

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA742B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA742B	1.00	3.47	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.47	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)

#8E7E20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD6165

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca742b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 116, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.137 56.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e19c6a',
    500: '#ca742b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca742b;
$custom-light: #e19c6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca742b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.547,
    "s": 64.898,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64236,
    "c": 0.13662,
    "h": 56.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA742B

secondary

#81ACD0

accent

#9BE840

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#170E07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA742B

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

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