#C99E59#C99E59

#C99E59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.101 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99E59
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 89)
HSL	hsl(37, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(37, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 55.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, 7.86, 41.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 42.48, 79.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% 0.0212 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.101 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1193, 37.5949, 14.6980)
Luminance	0.3759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99E59 #5984C9

analogous

#C96659 #C99E59 #BCC959

triadic

#C99E59 #59C99E #9E59C9

tetradic

#C99E59 #59C966 #5984C9 #C959BC

square

#C99E59 #59C966 #5984C9 #C959BC

split-complementary

#C99E59 #59BCC9 #6659C9

monochromatic

#7E5E29 #AD8038 #C99E59 #D8B987 #E7D4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#C99E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#C99E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99E59

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99E59	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9F53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8928E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.101 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcba89',
    500: '#c99e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99e59;
$custom-light: #dcba89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.964,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72466,
    "c": 0.10103,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99E59

secondary

#A8BAD6

accent

#84DA4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99E59

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

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