#CA6021

sRGB · 202 / 96 / 33

#CA6021 belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 202 red, 96 green and 33 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 22.4° lands in the orange region. Its 71.9% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 46.1% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (5.21:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 202, 96, 33
HSL: 22.37°, 71.91%, 46.08%
HSV / HSB: 22.37°, 83.66%, 79.22%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 52.48%, 83.66%, 20.78%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 28.814, 21.034, 3.982
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 52.987, 38.530, 52.564
WCAG relative luminance: 0.21032
24-bit decimal: 13262881

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #CA6021 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 5.21:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text · 4.03:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#218BCA sits half a turn (180°) from #CA6021 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#CA6021 #218BCA

Analogous

#CA2137 and #CAB421 sit 30° to either side of #CA6021. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#CA2137 #CA6021 #CAB421

Triadic

#CA6021, #21CA60 and #6021CA are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CA6021 #21CA60 #6021CA

Split complementary

Start at #CA6021 and look across the wheel. #21CAB4 and #2137CA sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CA6021 #21CAB4 #2137CA

Square

Starting with #CA6021, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #37CA21, #218BCA, then #B421CA. Across the square, #CA6021 pairs with #218BCA, and #37CA21 with #B421CA.

#CA6021 #37CA21 #218BCA #B421CA

Tetradic

#CA6021 and #218BCA are opposites, as are #8BCA21 and #6021CA. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CA6021 #8BCA21 #218BCA #6021CA

Tints

Mixing #CA6021 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D5804D, keeps 80% of the original. By #F4DFD3, the mixture is 80% white.

#CA6021 #D5804D #DFA07A #EABFA6 #F4DFD3 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CA6021 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A24D1A, keeps 80% of the original. By #281307, the mixture is 80% black.

#CA6021 #A24D1A #793A14 #51260D #281307 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CA6021 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BB6634, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F7A6D, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CA6021 #BB6634 #AC6D47 #9E735A #8F7A6D #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#CA6021

RGB

rgb(202 96 33)

HSL

hsl(22.367 71.915% 46.078%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CA6021;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CA6021 uses 202 red, 96 green and 33 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 79.2%

Green 37.6%

Blue 12.9%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CA6021 is 0.0% cyan, 52.5% magenta, 83.7% yellow and 20.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 52.5%

Yellow 83.7%

Black 20.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CC6622. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #C62 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CA6021 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC6633, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #CC6622 Nearest web-safe · #CC6633

Gradient to complement

#CA6021 #AE673D #926E59 #767676 #597D92 #3D84AE #218BCA

Color vision previews

Compare how #CA6021 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#7E7016

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#98881E

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#DE4854

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#9F6E18

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A87B1D

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#CC5D3B

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#7E7E7E

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#AA715E

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.59062 G 0.11697 B 0.01521

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.73964 G 0.39975 B 0.19774

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.50653 G 0.13269 B 0.03241

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.535 y 0.391 Y 21.034

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 20.784 M % 62.353 Y % 87.059

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11001010 01100000 00100001