#CA7838#CA7838

#CA7838 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.129 H 55.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA7838
RGB	rgb(202, 120, 56)
HSL	hsl(26, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(26, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.6%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.30, 26.81, 47.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.30, 54.51, 60.53°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% 0.0726 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.129 55.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7900, 26.2783, 7.1387)
Luminance	0.2627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA7838 #388ACA

analogous

#CA3841 #CA7838 #CAC138

triadic

#CA7838 #38CA78 #7838CA

tetradic

#CA7838 #41CA38 #388ACA #C138CA

square

#CA7838 #41CA38 #388ACA #C138CA

split-complementary

#CA7838 #38CAC1 #3841CA

monochromatic

#6B3F1D #9B5B29 #CA7838 #D79968 #E4BA99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#CA7838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#CA7838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA7838

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA7838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA7838	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD676A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca7838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 120, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.129 55.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09f72',
    500: '#ca7838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca7838;
$custom-light: #e09f72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca7838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.301,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65045,
    "c": 0.12881,
    "h": 55.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA7838

secondary

#8EB3CF

accent

#9DE147

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA7838

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

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