#C99556#C99556

#C99556 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.102 H 70.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99556
RGB	rgb(201, 149, 86)
HSL	hsl(33, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(33, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 57.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.43, 12.51, 40.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.43, 42.41, 72.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% 0.0345 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.102 70.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5165, 34.5869, 13.5549)
Luminance	0.3458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99556 #568AC9

analogous

#C95C56 #C99556 #C4C956

triadic

#C99556 #56C995 #9556C9

tetradic

#C99556 #56C95C #568AC9 #C956C4

square

#C99556 #56C95C #568AC9 #C956C4

split-complementary

#C99556 #56C4C9 #5C56C9

monochromatic

#7D5628 #AB7637 #C99556 #D8B284 #E7CFB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#C99556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#C99556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99556

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99556	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 149, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.102 70.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb487',
    500: '#c99556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99556;
$custom-light: #ddb487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.87,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70658,
    "c": 0.10182,
    "h": 70.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99556

secondary

#A6BBD5

accent

#8DDB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99556

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

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