#C5997D#C5997D

#C5997D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.066 H 53.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5997D
RGB	rgb(197, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(23, 38%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(23, 37%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 36.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, 12.59, 21.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 24.51, 59.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% 0.0388 0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.066 53.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1200, 36.1355, 24.3650)
Luminance	0.3613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5997D #7DA9C5

analogous

#C57D85 #C5997D #C5BD7D

triadic

#C5997D #7DC599 #997DC5

tetradic

#C5997D #85C57D #7DA9C5 #BD7DC5

square

#C5997D #85C57D #7DA9C5 #BD7DC5

split-complementary

#C5997D #7DC5BD #7D85C5

monochromatic

#8A5B3E #B27853 #C5997D #D8BAA7 #EBDBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C5997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#C5997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5997D

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5997D	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59C7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A67D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.066 53.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8b7a2',
    500: '#c5997d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5997d;
$custom-light: #d8b7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.333,
    "s": 38.298,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.717,
    "c": 0.06578,
    "h": 53.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5997D

secondary

#C2D2DC

accent

#81B134

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FAF6F3

border

#D3D0CD

text

#15110F

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5997D

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

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