#CA973C#CA973C

#CA973C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.122 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA973C
RGB	rgb(202, 151, 60)
HSL	hsl(38, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.2%, 70.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, 10.14, 53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 54.40, 79.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% 0.024 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.122 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2416, 35.0187, 9.1246)
Luminance	0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA973C #3C6FCA

analogous

#CA503C #CA973C #B6CA3C

triadic

#CA973C #3CCA97 #973CCA

tetradic

#CA973C #3CCA50 #3C6FCA #CA3CB6

square

#CA973C #3CCA50 #3C6FCA #CA3CB6

split-complementary

#CA973C #3CB6CA #503CCA

monochromatic

#6E511E #9E752B #CA973C #D7B16C #E4CA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#CA973C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#CA973C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA973C

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA973C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA973C	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca973c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 151, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.122 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb576',
    500: '#ca973c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca973c;
$custom-light: #deb576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca973c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.451,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70859,
    "c": 0.12229,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA973C

secondary

#92A8D0

accent

#7EE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA973C

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

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