#C99561#C99561

#C99561 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.093 H 65.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99561
RGB	rgb(201, 149, 97)
HSL	hsl(30, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(30, 52%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 51.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, 13.45, 34.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 37.45, 68.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% 0.0387 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.093 65.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9943, 34.7780, 16.0713)
Luminance	0.3478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99561 #6195C9

analogous

#C96161 #C99561 #C9C961

triadic

#C99561 #61C995 #9561C9

tetradic

#C99561 #61C961 #6195C9 #C961C9

square

#C99561 #61C961 #6195C9 #C961C9

split-complementary

#C99561 #61C9C9 #6161C9

monochromatic

#83582D #B0763C #C99561 #D9B48F #E8D2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#C99561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#C99561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99561

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99561	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6985D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 149, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.093 65.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb48f',
    500: '#c99561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99561;
$custom-light: #dcb48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 49.057,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70823,
    "c": 0.09278,
    "h": 65.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99561

secondary

#AEC3D8

accent

#94D94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99561

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

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