#CA842E#CA842E

#CA842E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.130 H 67.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA842E
RGB	rgb(202, 132, 46)
HSL	hsl(33, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(33, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.7%, 77.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.01, 19.85, 54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.01, 58.15, 70.04°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% 0.0505 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.13 67.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1041, 29.2595, 6.4884)
Luminance	0.2926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA842E #2E74CA

analogous

#CA362E #CA842E #C2CA2E

triadic

#CA842E #2ECA84 #842ECA

tetradic

#CA842E #2ECA36 #2E74CA #CA2EC2

square

#CA842E #2ECA36 #2E74CA #CA2EC2

split-complementary

#CA842E #2EC2CA #362ECA

monochromatic

#664317 #986323 #CA842E #DAA15B #E5BE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#CA842E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#CA842E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA842E

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA842E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA842E	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca842e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 132, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.130 67.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a76d',
    500: '#ca842e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca842e;
$custom-light: #e0a76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca842e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.077,
    "s": 62.903,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67117,
    "c": 0.12984,
    "h": 67.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA842E

secondary

#84A6CF

accent

#8BE642

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA842E

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

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