#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
RGB	rgb(202, 128, 66)
HSL	hsl(27, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(27, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.6%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.24, 23.02, 44.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.24, 50.26, 62.74°)
OKLab	oklab(66.58% 0.0628 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(66.58% 0.12 58.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.0621, 28.3914, 8.8921)
Luminance	0.2839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##CA8042	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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