#C99259#C99259

#C99259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.099 H 66.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99259
RGB	rgb(201, 146, 89)
HSL	hsl(31, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(31, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 55.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, 14.39, 38.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 40.74, 69.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% 0.0405 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.099 66)
XYZ	xyz(36.1714, 33.6992, 14.0487)
Luminance	0.3370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99259 #5990C9

analogous

#C95A59 #C99259 #C8C959

triadic

#C99259 #59C992 #9259C9

tetradic

#C99259 #59C95A #5990C9 #C959C8

square

#C99259 #59C95A #5990C9 #C959C8

split-complementary

#C99259 #59C8C9 #5A59C9

monochromatic

#7E5529 #AD7338 #C99259 #D8B087 #E7CFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#C99259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#C99259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99259

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99259	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98684

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 146, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.099 66.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb289',
    500: '#c99259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99259;
$custom-light: #dcb289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.536,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70122,
    "c": 0.09938,
    "h": 66
  },
  "luminance": 0.33697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99259

secondary

#A8BED6

accent

#93DA4D

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF5F0

border

#D4CFCB

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99259

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

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