#C4997D#C4997D

#C4997D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.065 H 54.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4997D
RGB	rgb(196, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(24, 38%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(24, 36%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 36.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, 12.19, 20.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 24.18, 59.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% 0.0376 0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.065 54.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8589, 36.0009, 24.3528)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4997D #7DA8C4

analogous

#C47D84 #C4997D #C4BC7D

triadic

#C4997D #7DC499 #997DC4

tetradic

#C4997D #84C47D #7DA8C4 #BC7DC4

square

#C4997D #84C47D #7DA8C4 #BC7DC4

split-complementary

#C4997D #7DC4BC #7D84C4

monochromatic

#895B3E #B17853 #C4997D #D7BAA7 #EADBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C4997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#C4997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4997D

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4997D	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59C7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA57D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.065 54.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b7a2',
    500: '#c4997d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4997d;
$custom-light: #d7b7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.662,
    "s": 37.566,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71596,
    "c": 0.0648,
    "h": 54.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4997D

secondary

#C2D1DB

accent

#80B035

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FAF6F3

border

#D3D0CD

text

#15110F

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4997D

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

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