#CA742F#CA742F

#CA742F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.135 H 55.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA742F
RGB	rgb(202, 116, 47)
HSL	hsl(27, 62%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(27, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.6%, 76.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, 28.56, 50.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 58.13, 60.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% 0.0765 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.135 55.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1183, 25.2560, 5.9249)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA742F #2F85CA

analogous

#CA2F37 #CA742F #CAC22F

triadic

#CA742F #2FCA74 #742FCA

tetradic

#CA742F #37CA2F #2F85CA #C22FCA

square

#CA742F #37CA2F #2F85CA #C22FCA

split-complementary

#CA742F #2FCAC2 #2F37CA

monochromatic

#673B18 #985723 #CA742F #D9945D #E5B58F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#CA742F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#CA742F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA742F

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA742F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA742F	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)

#8D7E26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD6166

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca742f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 116, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.135 55.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09c6c',
    500: '#ca742f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca742f;
$custom-light: #e09c6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca742f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.71,
    "s": 62.249,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64268,
    "c": 0.13496,
    "h": 55.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA742F

secondary

#86AECF

accent

#9DE542

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#170E07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA742F

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

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