#C99557#C99557

#C99557 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.101 H 69.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99557
RGB	rgb(201, 149, 87)
HSL	hsl(33, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(33, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 56.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, 12.59, 40.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 41.96, 72.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% 0.0349 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.101 69.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5571, 34.6031, 13.7686)
Luminance	0.3460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99557 #578BC9

analogous

#C95C57 #C99557 #C4C957

triadic

#C99557 #57C995 #9557C9

tetradic

#C99557 #57C95C #578BC9 #C957C4

square

#C99557 #57C95C #578BC9 #C957C4

split-complementary

#C99557 #57C4C9 #5C57C9

monochromatic

#7D5728 #AC7737 #C99557 #D8B285 #E7CFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#C99557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#C99557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99557

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99557	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)

#A79852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 149, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.101 69.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb488',
    500: '#c99557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99557;
$custom-light: #dcb488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.632,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70672,
    "c": 0.10101,
    "h": 69.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99557

secondary

#A7BCD5

accent

#8EDB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99557

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

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