#CA742D#CA742D

#CA742D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.136 H 56.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA742D
RGB	rgb(202, 116, 45)
HSL	hsl(27, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(27, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.6%, 77.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.31, 28.48, 51.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.31, 58.85, 61.06°)
OKLab	oklab(64.25% 0.076 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(64.25% 0.136 56)
XYZ	xyz(31.0789, 25.2402, 5.7173)
Luminance	0.2524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA742D #2D83CA

analogous

#CA2D34 #CA742D #CAC22D

triadic

#CA742D #2DCA74 #742DCA

tetradic

#CA742D #34CA2D #2D83CA #C22DCA

square

#CA742D #34CA2D #2D83CA #C22DCA

split-complementary

#CA742D #2DCAC2 #2D34CA

monochromatic

#663B17 #985722 #CA742D #DA945A #E5B48C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#CA742D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#CA742D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA742D

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA742D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA742D	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)

#8D7E23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD6166

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca742d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 116, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.136 56.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09c6b',
    500: '#ca742d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca742d;
$custom-light: #e09c6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca742d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.134,
    "s": 63.563,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64251,
    "c": 0.1358,
    "h": 56
  },
  "luminance": 0.25237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA742D

secondary

#83ADCF

accent

#9CE741

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#170E07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA742D

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

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