#C99559#C99559

#C99559 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.099 H 69.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99559
RGB	rgb(201, 149, 89)
HSL	hsl(32, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(32, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 55.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, 12.75, 39.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 41.05, 71.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% 0.0356 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.099 69)
XYZ	xyz(36.6400, 34.6362, 14.2049)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99559 #598DC9

analogous

#C95D59 #C99559 #C5C959

triadic

#C99559 #59C995 #9559C9

tetradic

#C99559 #59C95D #598DC9 #C959C5

square

#C99559 #59C95D #598DC9 #C959C5

split-complementary

#C99559 #59C5C9 #5D59C9

monochromatic

#7E5729 #AD7738 #C99559 #D8B287 #E7D0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#C99559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#C99559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99559

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99559	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 149, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.099 69.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb489',
    500: '#c99559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99559;
$custom-light: #dcb489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.143,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.707,
    "c": 0.09937,
    "h": 69
  },
  "luminance": 0.34634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99559

secondary

#A8BDD6

accent

#8FDA4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99559

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

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