#C99659#C99659

#C99659 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.099 H 70.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99659
RGB	rgb(201, 150, 89)
HSL	hsl(33, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(33, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 55.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.71, 12.21, 39.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.71, 41.17, 72.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% 0.034 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.099 70)
XYZ	xyz(36.7989, 34.9540, 14.2579)
Luminance	0.3495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99659 #598CC9

analogous

#C95E59 #C99659 #C4C959

triadic

#C99659 #59C996 #9659C9

tetradic

#C99659 #59C95E #598CC9 #C959C4

square

#C99659 #59C95E #598CC9 #C959C4

split-complementary

#C99659 #59C4C9 #5E59C9

monochromatic

#7E5829 #AD7838 #C99659 #D8B387 #E7D0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#C99659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#C99659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99659

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99659	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 150, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.099 70.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb489',
    500: '#c99659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99659;
$custom-light: #dcb489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.679,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70894,
    "c": 0.09943,
    "h": 70
  },
  "luminance": 0.34951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99659

secondary

#A8BDD6

accent

#8EDA4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99659

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

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