#CA742E#CA742E

#CA742E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.135 H 55.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA742E
RGB	rgb(202, 116, 46)
HSL	hsl(27, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(27, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.6%, 77.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, 28.52, 51.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 58.49, 60.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.26% 0.0762 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(64.26% 0.135 55.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0984, 25.2480, 5.8199)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA742E #2E84CA

analogous

#CA2E36 #CA742E #CAC22E

triadic

#CA742E #2ECA74 #742ECA

tetradic

#CA742E #36CA2E #2E84CA #C22ECA

square

#CA742E #36CA2E #2E84CA #C22ECA

split-complementary

#CA742E #2ECAC2 #2E36CA

monochromatic

#663B17 #985723 #CA742E #DA945B #E5B58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#CA742E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#CA742E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA742E

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA742E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA742E	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)

#8D7E24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD6166

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca742e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 116, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.135 55.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09c6b',
    500: '#ca742e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca742e;
$custom-light: #e09c6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca742e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.923,
    "s": 62.903,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6426,
    "c": 0.13538,
    "h": 55.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA742E

secondary

#84AECF

accent

#9CE642

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#170E07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA742E

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

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