#C9995E#C9995E

#C9995E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.096 H 71.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9995E
RGB	rgb(201, 153, 94)
HSL	hsl(33, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(33, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 53.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, 11.00, 37.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 39.29, 73.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% 0.031 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.096 71)
XYZ	xyz(37.5008, 36.0106, 15.5631)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9995E #5E8EC9

analogous

#C9635E #C9995E #C3C95E

triadic

#C9995E #5EC999 #995EC9

tetradic

#C9995E #5EC963 #5E8EC9 #C95EC3

square

#C9995E #5EC963 #5E8EC9 #C95EC3

split-complementary

#C9995E #5EC3C9 #635EC9

monochromatic

#815B2B #AF7B3B #C9995E #D8B68C #E8D3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C9995E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#C9995E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9995E

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9995E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9995E	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9B59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9995e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 153, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.096 71.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb78d',
    500: '#c9995e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9995e;
$custom-light: #dcb78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9995e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.084,
    "s": 49.767,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71553,
    "c": 0.0955,
    "h": 71
  },
  "luminance": 0.36008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9995E

secondary

#ACBFD7

accent

#8DD94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9995E

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

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