#C99555#C99555

#C99555 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.103 H 70.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99555
RGB	rgb(201, 149, 85)
HSL	hsl(33, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(33, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 57.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.41, 12.43, 41.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.41, 42.87, 73.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% 0.0341 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.103 70.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4765, 34.5709, 13.3442)
Luminance	0.3457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99555 #5589C9

analogous

#C95B55 #C99555 #C3C955

triadic

#C99555 #55C995 #9555C9

tetradic

#C99555 #55C95B #5589C9 #C955C3

square

#C99555 #55C95B #5589C9 #C955C3

split-complementary

#C99555 #55C3C9 #5B55C9

monochromatic

#7C5627 #AB7636 #C99555 #D8B283 #E7CFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#C99555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#C99555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99555

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99555	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7984F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 149, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.103 70.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb486',
    500: '#c99555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99555;
$custom-light: #ddb486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.103,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70644,
    "c": 0.10264,
    "h": 70.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99555

secondary

#A5BAD5

accent

#8DDB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99555

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

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