#C9995F#C9995F

#C9995F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.095 H 70.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9995F
RGB	rgb(201, 153, 95)
HSL	hsl(33, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(33, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 52.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, 11.09, 37.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 38.83, 73.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% 0.0314 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.095 70.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5460, 36.0286, 15.8009)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9995F #5F8FC9

analogous

#C9645F #C9995F #C4C95F

triadic

#C9995F #5FC999 #995FC9

tetradic

#C9995F #5FC964 #5F8FC9 #C95FC4

square

#C9995F #5FC964 #5F8FC9 #C95FC4

split-complementary

#C9995F #5FC4C9 #645FC9

monochromatic

#825B2C #B07B3B #C9995F #D8B68D #E8D3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C9995F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#C9995F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9995F

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9995F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9995F	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9B5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9995f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 153, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.095 70.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb78d',
    500: '#c9995f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9995f;
$custom-light: #dcb78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9995f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.83,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71568,
    "c": 0.09463,
    "h": 70.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9995F

secondary

#ADC0D7

accent

#8DD94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9995F

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

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