#C9955C#C9955C

#C9955C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.097 H 67.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9955C
RGB	rgb(201, 149, 92)
HSL	hsl(31, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(31, 54%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 54.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, 13.01, 37.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 39.69, 70.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% 0.0367 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.097 67.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7685, 34.6877, 14.8819)
Luminance	0.3468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9955C #5C90C9

analogous

#C95F5C #C9955C #C6C95C

triadic

#C9955C #5CC995 #955CC9

tetradic

#C9955C #5CC95F #5C90C9 #C95CC6

square

#C9955C #5CC95F #5C90C9 #C95CC6

split-complementary

#C9955C #5CC6C9 #5F5CC9

monochromatic

#80572A #AE773A #C9955C #D8B38A #E7D1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#C9955C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#C9955C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9955C

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9955C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9955C	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9955c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 149, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.097 67.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb48b',
    500: '#c9955c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9955c;
$custom-light: #dcb48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9955c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.376,
    "s": 50.23,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70745,
    "c": 0.0969,
    "h": 67.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9955C

secondary

#AABFD6

accent

#91DA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9955C

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

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