#C99459#C99459

#C99459 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.099 H 68.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99459
RGB	rgb(201, 148, 89)
HSL	hsl(32, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(32, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 55.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, 13.30, 38.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 40.94, 71.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% 0.0372 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.099 68)
XYZ	xyz(36.4824, 34.3212, 14.1524)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99459 #598EC9

analogous

#C95C59 #C99459 #C6C959

triadic

#C99459 #59C994 #9459C9

tetradic

#C99459 #59C95C #598EC9 #C959C6

square

#C99459 #59C95C #598EC9 #C959C6

split-complementary

#C99459 #59C6C9 #5C59C9

monochromatic

#7E5629 #AD7638 #C99459 #D8B287 #E7D0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#C99459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#C99459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99459

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99459	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 148, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.099 68.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb389',
    500: '#c99459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99459;
$custom-light: #dcb389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.607,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70507,
    "c": 0.09935,
    "h": 68
  },
  "luminance": 0.34319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99459

secondary

#A8BED6

accent

#90DA4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99459

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

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