#CA8242#CA8242

#CA8242 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.119 H 60.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8242
RGB	rgb(202, 130, 66)
HSL	hsl(28, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(28, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.71, 21.93, 45.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.71, 50.24, 64.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.94% 0.0596 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(66.94% 0.119 60)
XYZ	xyz(33.3256, 28.9183, 8.9799)
Luminance	0.2892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8242 #428ACA

analogous

#CA4246 #CA8242 #CAC642

triadic

#CA8242 #42CA82 #8242CA

tetradic

#CA8242 #46CA42 #428ACA #C642CA

square

#CA8242 #46CA42 #428ACA #C642CA

split-complementary

#CA8242 #42CAC6 #4246CA

monochromatic

#724620 #A2642D #CA8242 #D7A272 #E5C1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#CA8242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#CA8242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8242

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8242	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98893B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7274

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 130, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.119 60.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa679',
    500: '#ca8242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8242;
$custom-light: #dfa679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.235,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66939,
    "c": 0.11929,
    "h": 60
  },
  "luminance": 0.28915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8242

secondary

#96B6D1

accent

#98DF48

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8242

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

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