#CA972D#CA972D

#CA972D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.131 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA972D
RGB	rgb(202, 151, 45)
HSL	hsl(41, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.2%, 77.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, 9.46, 59.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 60.20, 80.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% 0.0201 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.131 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8998, 34.8820, 7.3242)
Luminance	0.3488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA972D #2D60CA

analogous

#CA492D #CA972D #AECA2D

triadic

#CA972D #2DCA97 #972DCA

tetradic

#CA972D #2DCA49 #2D60CA #CA2DAE

square

#CA972D #2DCA49 #2D60CA #CA2DAE

split-complementary

#CA972D #2DAECA #492DCA

monochromatic

#664C17 #987222 #CA972D #DAB15A #E5C88C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#CA972D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#CA972D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA972D

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA972D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA972D	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC981A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca972d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 151, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.131 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb56e',
    500: '#ca972d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca972d;
$custom-light: #dfb56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca972d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.51,
    "s": 63.563,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70742,
    "c": 0.1312,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA972D

secondary

#839CCF

accent

#77E741

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA972D

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

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