#CA7540#CA7540

#CA7540 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.127 H 50.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA7540
RGB	rgb(202, 117, 64)
HSL	hsl(23, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(23, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.1%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.71, 28.85, 42.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.71, 51.65, 56.04°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% 0.08 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.127 50.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.6464, 25.6526, 8.1343)
Luminance	0.2565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA7540 #4095CA

analogous

#CA4050 #CA7540 #CABA40

triadic

#CA7540 #40CA75 #7540CA

tetradic

#CA7540 #50CA40 #4095CA #BA40CA

square

#CA7540 #50CA40 #4095CA #BA40CA

split-complementary

#CA7540 #40CABA #4050CA

monochromatic

#703E1F #A0592C #CA7540 #D79870 #E5BAA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#CA7540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#CA7540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA7540

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA7540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA7540	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7F3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1923F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6469

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca7540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 117, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.127 50.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9d77',
    500: '#ca7540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca7540;
$custom-light: #df9d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca7540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.043,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64613,
    "c": 0.1265,
    "h": 50.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA7540

secondary

#95BAD1

accent

#A6E048

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA7540

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

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