#CA7542#CA7542

#CA7542 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.126 H 50.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA7542
RGB	rgb(202, 117, 66)
HSL	hsl(23, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(23, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.1%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.73, 28.97, 41.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.73, 50.89, 55.31°)
OKLab	oklab(64.64% 0.0807 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(64.64% 0.126 50)
XYZ	xyz(31.7043, 25.6758, 8.4395)
Luminance	0.2567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA7542 #4297CA

analogous

#CA4253 #CA7542 #CAB942

triadic

#CA7542 #42CA75 #7542CA

tetradic

#CA7542 #53CA42 #4297CA #B942CA

square

#CA7542 #53CA42 #4297CA #B942CA

split-complementary

#CA7542 #42CAB9 #4253CA

monochromatic

#723F20 #A2592D #CA7542 #D79872 #E5BBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#CA7542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#CA7542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA7542

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA7542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA7542	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	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)

#8D7F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6469

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca7542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 117, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.126 50.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9d78',
    500: '#ca7542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca7542;
$custom-light: #df9d78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca7542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.5,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64637,
    "c": 0.12551,
    "h": 50
  },
  "luminance": 0.25672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA7542

secondary

#96BBD1

accent

#A7DF48

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA7542

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

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