#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
RGB	rgb(202, 117, 56)
HSL	hsl(25, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(25, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.1%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.62, 28.43, 46.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.62, 54.71, 58.69°)
OKLab	oklab(64.52% 0.0775 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(64.52% 0.13 53.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4349, 25.5680, 7.0203)
Luminance	0.2556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##CA7538	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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