#CA7C42#CA7C42

#CA7C42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.122 H 55.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA7C42
RGB	rgb(202, 124, 66)
HSL	hsl(26, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(26, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.6%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, 25.19, 43.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 50.39, 60.00°)
OKLab	oklab(65.86% 0.0693 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(65.86% 0.122 55.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5507, 27.3684, 8.7216)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA7C42 #4290CA

analogous

#CA424C #CA7C42 #CAC042

triadic

#CA7C42 #42CA7C #7C42CA

tetradic

#CA7C42 #4CCA42 #4290CA #C042CA

square

#CA7C42 #4CCA42 #4290CA #C042CA

split-complementary

#CA7C42 #42CAC0 #424CCA

monochromatic

#724320 #A25F2D #CA7C42 #D79D72 #E5BEA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#CA7C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#CA7C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA7C42

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA7C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA7C42	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93843C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6C6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca7c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 124, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.122 55.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa278',
    500: '#ca7c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca7c42;
$custom-light: #dfa278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca7c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.588,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6586,
    "c": 0.12168,
    "h": 55.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA7C42

secondary

#96B8D1

accent

#9FDF48

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF3ED

border

#D5CDC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA7C42

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

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