#C9955A#C9955A

#C9955A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.099 H 68.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9955A
RGB	rgb(201, 149, 90)
HSL	hsl(32, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(32, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 55.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, 12.84, 38.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 40.60, 71.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% 0.036 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.099 68.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.6822, 34.6532, 14.4276)
Luminance	0.3465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9955A #5A8EC9

analogous

#C95E5A #C9955A #C6C95A

triadic

#C9955A #5AC995 #955AC9

tetradic

#C9955A #5AC95E #5A8EC9 #C95AC6

square

#C9955A #5AC95E #5A8EC9 #C95AC6

split-complementary

#C9955A #5AC6C9 #5E5AC9

monochromatic

#7F572A #AD7739 #C9955A #D8B388 #E7D0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#C9955A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#C9955A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9955A

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9955A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9955A	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)

#A79855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9955a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 149, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.099 68.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb48a',
    500: '#c9955a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9955a;
$custom-light: #dcb48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9955a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.892,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70715,
    "c": 0.09856,
    "h": 68.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9955A

secondary

#A9BED6

accent

#8FDA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9955A

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

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