#C5973E#C5973E

#C5973E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.119 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5973E
RGB	rgb(197, 151, 62)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 68.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, 8.08, 51.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 52.48, 81.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% 0.0185 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.119 81)
XYZ	xyz(34.9642, 34.3538, 9.3459)
Luminance	0.3435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5973E #3E6CC5

analogous

#C5533E #C5973E #AFC53E

triadic

#C5973E #3EC597 #973EC5

tetradic

#C5973E #3EC553 #3E6CC5 #C53EAF

square

#C5973E #3EC553 #3E6CC5 #C53EAF

split-complementary

#C5973E #3EAFC5 #533EC5

monochromatic

#695020 #98742E #C5973E #D3B06D #E1CA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#C5973E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#C5973E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5973E

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5973E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5973E	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5973e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 151, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.119 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb578',
    500: '#c5973e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5973e;
$custom-light: #dbb578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5973e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.556,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70335,
    "c": 0.11853,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.34351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5973E

secondary

#91A6CD

accent

#7DDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5973E

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

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