#C99B59#C99B59

#C99B59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.100 H 75.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99B59
RGB	rgb(201, 155, 89)
HSL	hsl(35, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 55.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, 9.49, 40.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 41.93, 76.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% 0.026 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.1 75)
XYZ	xyz(37.6138, 36.5839, 14.5295)
Luminance	0.3658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99B59 #5987C9

analogous

#C96359 #C99B59 #BFC959

triadic

#C99B59 #59C99B #9B59C9

tetradic

#C99B59 #59C963 #5987C9 #C959BF

square

#C99B59 #59C963 #5987C9 #C959BF

split-complementary

#C99B59 #59BFC9 #6359C9

monochromatic

#7E5B29 #AD7D38 #C99B59 #D8B787 #E7D3B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C99B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#C99B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99B59

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99B59	1.00	2.53	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 155, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.100 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb889',
    500: '#c99b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99b59;
$custom-light: #dcb889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.357,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71873,
    "c": 0.1002,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.36581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99B59

secondary

#A8BBD6

accent

#87DA4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99B59

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

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