#CA8040#CA8040

#CA8040 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.121 H 59.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8040
RGB	rgb(202, 128, 64)
HSL	hsl(28, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(28, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.6%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, 22.90, 45.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 51.07, 63.36°)
OKLab	oklab(66.55% 0.0622 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(66.55% 0.121 59.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0042, 28.3682, 8.5869)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8040 #408ACA

analogous

#CA4045 #CA8040 #CAC540

triadic

#CA8040 #40CA80 #8040CA

tetradic

#CA8040 #45CA40 #408ACA #C540CA

square

#CA8040 #45CA40 #408ACA #C540CA

split-complementary

#CA8040 #40CAC5 #4045CA

monochromatic

#70451F #A0622C #CA8040 #D7A070 #E5C0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#CA8040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#CA8040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8040

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8040	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7072

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 128, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.121 59.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa577',
    500: '#ca8040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8040;
$custom-light: #dfa577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.826,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66554,
    "c": 0.12115,
    "h": 59.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8040

secondary

#95B5D1

accent

#99E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8040

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

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