#C99E55#C99E55

#C99E55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.105 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99E55
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 85)
HSL	hsl(38, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(38, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 57.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, 7.54, 43.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 44.36, 80.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% 0.0197 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.105 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9559, 37.5295, 13.8373)
Luminance	0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99E55 #5580C9

analogous

#C96455 #C99E55 #BAC955

triadic

#C99E55 #55C99E #9E55C9

tetradic

#C99E55 #55C964 #5580C9 #C955BA

square

#C99E55 #55C964 #5580C9 #C955BA

split-complementary

#C99E55 #55BAC9 #6455C9

monochromatic

#7C5D27 #AB7F36 #C99E55 #D8B983 #E7D3B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#C99E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#C99E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99E55

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99E55	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9F4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.105 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcba87',
    500: '#c99e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99e55;
$custom-light: #dcba87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.759,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72412,
    "c": 0.10455,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99E55

secondary

#A5B7D5

accent

#81DB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99E55

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

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