#C99159#C99159

#C99159 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.099 H 65.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99159
RGB	rgb(201, 145, 89)
HSL	hsl(30, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(30, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 55.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.48, 14.94, 37.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.48, 40.66, 68.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% 0.0421 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.099 65)
XYZ	xyz(36.0180, 33.3922, 13.9976)
Luminance	0.3339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99159 #5991C9

analogous

#C95959 #C99159 #C9C959

triadic

#C99159 #59C991 #9159C9

tetradic

#C99159 #59C959 #5991C9 #C959C9

square

#C99159 #59C959 #5991C9 #C959C9

split-complementary

#C99159 #59C9C9 #5959C9

monochromatic

#7E5429 #AD7238 #C99159 #D8B087 #E7CEB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#C99159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#C99159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99159

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99159	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98484

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 145, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.099 65.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb189',
    500: '#c99159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99159;
$custom-light: #dcb189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69931,
    "c": 0.09945,
    "h": 65
  },
  "luminance": 0.3339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99159

secondary

#A8BFD6

accent

#94DA4D

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF5F0

border

#D4CFCB

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99159

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

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