#CA742C#CA742C

#CA742C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.136 H 56.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA742C
RGB	rgb(202, 116, 44)
HSL	hsl(27, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(27, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.6%, 78.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.30, 28.44, 51.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.30, 59.21, 61.29°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% 0.0757 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.136 56.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0599, 25.2326, 5.6171)
Luminance	0.2523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA742C #2C82CA

analogous

#CA2C33 #CA742C #CAC32C

triadic

#CA742C #2CCA74 #742CCA

tetradic

#CA742C #33CA2C #2C82CA #C32CCA

square

#CA742C #33CA2C #2C82CA #C32CCA

split-complementary

#CA742C #2CCAC3 #2C33CA

monochromatic

#653A16 #985721 #CA742C #DB9458 #E6B48B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#CA742C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#CA742C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA742C

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA742C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA742C	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7E22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD6165

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca742c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 116, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.136 56.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e19c6a',
    500: '#ca742c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca742c;
$custom-light: #e19c6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca742c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.342,
    "s": 64.228,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64243,
    "c": 0.13621,
    "h": 56.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA742C

secondary

#82ACD0

accent

#9BE741

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#170E07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA742C

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

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