#CA972B#CA972B

#CA972B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.132 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA972B
RGB	rgb(202, 151, 43)
HSL	hsl(41, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.2%, 78.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, 9.38, 60.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 60.90, 81.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% 0.0197 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.132 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8622, 34.8670, 7.1262)
Luminance	0.3486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA972B #2B5ECA

analogous

#CA482B #CA972B #ADCA2B

triadic

#CA972B #2BCA97 #972BCA

tetradic

#CA972B #2BCA48 #2B5ECA #CA2BAD

square

#CA972B #2BCA48 #2B5ECA #CA2BAD

split-complementary

#CA972B #2BADCA #482BCA

monochromatic

#654C16 #987120 #CA972B #DBB157 #E6C889

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#CA972B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#CA972B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA972B

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA972B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA972B	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9816

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca972b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 151, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.132 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb56d',
    500: '#ca972b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca972b;
$custom-light: #dfb56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca972b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.755,
    "s": 64.898,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70729,
    "c": 0.13223,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA972B

secondary

#819AD0

accent

#76E840

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA972B

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

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