#CA8C2A#CA8C2A

#CA8C2A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.131 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8C2A
RGB	rgb(202, 140, 42)
HSL	hsl(37, 66%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 79.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.91, 15.33, 58.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.91, 60.01, 75.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% 0.0368 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.131 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1557, 31.4829, 6.4680)
Luminance	0.3148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8C2A #2A68CA

analogous

#CA3C2A #CA8C2A #B8CA2A

triadic

#CA8C2A #2ACA8C #8C2ACA

tetradic

#CA8C2A #2ACA3C #2A68CA #CA2AB8

square

#CA8C2A #2ACA3C #2A68CA #CA2AB8

split-complementary

#CA8C2A #2AB8CA #3C2ACA

monochromatic

#654615 #97691F #CA8C2A #DCA855 #E6C288

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#CA8C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#CA8C2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8C2A

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8C2A	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19E2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 140, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.131 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ad6b',
    500: '#ca8c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8c2a;
$custom-light: #e0ad6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.75,
    "s": 65.574,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68591,
    "c": 0.13118,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8C2A

secondary

#809FD0

accent

#81E93F

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8C2A

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

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