#CA972E#CA972E

#CA972E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.131 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA972E
RGB	rgb(202, 151, 46)
HSL	hsl(40, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(40, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.2%, 77.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, 9.50, 59.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 59.84, 80.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% 0.0204 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.131 81)
XYZ	xyz(35.9193, 34.8898, 7.4268)
Luminance	0.3489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA972E #2E61CA

analogous

#CA492E #CA972E #AFCA2E

triadic

#CA972E #2ECA97 #972ECA

tetradic

#CA972E #2ECA49 #2E61CA #CA2EAF

square

#CA972E #2ECA49 #2E61CA #CA2EAF

split-complementary

#CA972E #2EAFCA #492ECA

monochromatic

#664C17 #987223 #CA972E #DAB05B #E5C88D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#CA972E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#CA972E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA972E

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA972E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA972E	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)

#AC981C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca972e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 151, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.131 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb56f',
    500: '#ca972e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca972e;
$custom-light: #dfb56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca972e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.385,
    "s": 62.903,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70748,
    "c": 0.13069,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.34887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA972E

secondary

#849DCF

accent

#77E642

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA972E

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

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