#CA7538#CA7538

#CA7538 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.130 H 53.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#CA7538
RGBrgb(202, 117, 56)
HSLhsl(25, 58%, 51%)
HSVhsv(25, 72%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 42.1%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(57.62, 28.43, 46.74)
CIE-LCHlch(57.62, 54.71, 58.69°)
OKLaboklab(64.52% 0.0775 0.1049)
OKLCHoklch(64.52% 0.13 53.5)
XYZxyz(31.4349, 25.5680, 7.0203)
Luminance0.2556 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#CA7538 #388DCA
analogous
#CA3844 #CA7538 #CABE38
triadic
#CA7538 #38CA75 #7538CA
tetradic
#CA7538 #44CA38 #388DCA #BE38CA
square
#CA7538 #44CA38 #388DCA #BE38CA
split-complementary
#CA7538 #38CABE #3844CA
monochromatic
#6B3D1D #9B5929 #CA7538 #D79768 #E4B899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44
#CA7538 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11
#CA7538 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA7538
6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##CA7538#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##CA75381.003.446.116.11
#FFFFFF3.441.0021.0021.00
#0000006.1121.001.001.00
##0000006.1121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8E7F31
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A29238
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#DD6368
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ca7538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 117, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.130 53.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09d72',
    500: '#ca7538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ca7538;
$custom-light: #e09d72;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ca7538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.068,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64524,
    "c": 0.13037,
    "h": 53.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#CA7538
secondary
#8EB4CF
accent
#A1E147
background
#FEF9F7
surface
#FDF2ED
border
#D5CCC8
text
#160E08
muted
#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA7538

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#CA7538 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva