#B5997F#B5997F

#B5997F is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.049 H 64.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5997F
RGB	rgb(181, 153, 127)
HSL	hsl(29, 27%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(29, 30%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 29.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.07, 6.45, 17.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.07, 18.69, 69.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% 0.0211 0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.049 64.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2786, 34.1398, 24.8586)
Luminance	0.3414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5997F #7F9BB5

analogous

#B57F80 #B5997F #B5B47F

triadic

#B5997F #7FB599 #997FB5

tetradic

#B5997F #80B57F #7F9BB5 #B47FB5

square

#B5997F #80B57F #7F9BB5 #B47FB5

split-complementary

#B5997F #7FB5B4 #7F80B5

monochromatic

#765C44 #9C7A5A #B5997F #CBB8A6 #E2D7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B5997F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#B5997F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5997F

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5997F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5997F	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29A7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A07F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5997f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 153, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.049 64.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb7a4',
    500: '#b5997f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5997f;
$custom-light: #ccb7a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5997f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.889,
    "s": 26.733,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70135,
    "c": 0.04944,
    "h": 64.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5997F

secondary

#BEC8D2

accent

#75A540

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#13110F

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5997F

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

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