#C99253#C99253

#C99253 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.104 H 68.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99253
RGB	rgb(201, 146, 83)
HSL	hsl(32, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(32, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 58.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, 13.92, 41.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 43.42, 71.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% 0.0383 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.104 68.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9297, 33.6025, 12.7755)
Luminance	0.3360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99253 #538AC9

analogous

#C95753 #C99253 #C5C953

triadic

#C99253 #53C992 #9253C9

tetradic

#C99253 #53C957 #538AC9 #C953C5

square

#C99253 #53C957 #538AC9 #C953C5

split-complementary

#C99253 #53C5C9 #5753C9

monochromatic

#7B5427 #AA7335 #C99253 #D8B082 #E6CDB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#C99253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#C99253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99253

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99253	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5954D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 146, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.104 68.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb285',
    500: '#c99253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99253;
$custom-light: #ddb285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.034,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70037,
    "c": 0.10411,
    "h": 68.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99253

secondary

#A3BAD4

accent

#8FDC4C

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF5EF

border

#D5CFCA

text

#15100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99253

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

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