#CA8042#CA8042

#CA8042 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.120 H 58.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#CA8042
RGBrgb(202, 128, 66)
HSLhsl(27, 56%, 53%)
HSVhsv(27, 67%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 36.6%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(60.24, 23.02, 44.68)
CIE-LCHlch(60.24, 50.26, 62.74°)
OKLaboklab(66.58% 0.0628 0.1022)
OKLCHoklch(66.58% 0.12 58.4)
XYZxyz(33.0621, 28.3914, 8.8921)
Luminance0.2839 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#CA8042 #428CCA
analogous
#CA4248 #CA8042 #CAC442
triadic
#CA8042 #42CA80 #8042CA
tetradic
#CA8042 #48CA42 #428CCA #C442CA
square
#CA8042 #48CA42 #428CCA #C442CA
split-complementary
#CA8042 #42CAC4 #4248CA
monochromatic
#724520 #A2622D #CA8042 #D7A072 #E5C0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14
#CA8042 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68
#CA8042 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8042
6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##CA8042#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##CA80421.003.146.686.68
#FFFFFF3.141.0021.0021.00
#0000006.6821.001.001.00
##0000006.6821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#96873C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A89842
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#DC7072
Achromatopsia (no color)
#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ca8042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 128, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.120 58.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa579',
    500: '#ca8042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ca8042;
$custom-light: #dfa579;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ca8042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.353,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66576,
    "c": 0.11999,
    "h": 58.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#CA8042
secondary
#96B7D1
accent
#9BDF48
background
#FEFAF7
surface
#FDF4ED
border
#D5CEC8
text
#160F09
muted
#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8042

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#CA8042 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva