Colors Encyclopedia

HEX atlas value

#C89E89

#C89E89 is a warm orange HEX color nearest Rosy Brown. RGB 200, 158, 137, HSL 20° 36% 66%, luminance 0.3854; view contrast and conversions.

orangewarmearth-tone
#C89E89 Sample readable text
HEX #C89E89
RGB rgb(200, 158, 137)
HSL hsl(20 36% 66%)
CMYK cmyk(0, 21, 32, 22)
Luminance 0.3854
Contrast Black 8.71:1White 2.41:1

CSS

--color-c89e89: #C89E89;
.background-c89e89 { background-color: #C89E89; }
.text-c89e89 { color: #C89E89; }

HEX meaning and use

About #C89E89

#C89E89 is classified as a warm orange value with earth tone visual character. #C89E89 is visually closest to Rosy Brown, a named red color with HEX #BC8F8F.

The RGB channels are 200, 158, and 137, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 20deg with 36% saturation and 66% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and natural palettes. Its luminance is 0.3854, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 20.12, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text8.71:1AA Pass
White text2.41:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #C89E89 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000008.71:1 · AAA
White text#FFFFFF2.41:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#E5D1C8#E5D1C8 · #000000 text · best 14.29:1#C8BD89#C8BD89 · #000000 text · best 11.1:1Tan#D2B48C · #000000 text · best 10.65:1Sand#C2B280 · #000000 text · best 9.97:1#89B3C8#89B3C8 · #000000 text · best 9.35:1

Generated Palette

#C89E89#C89E89
#89B3C8#89B3C8
#C88993#C88993
#C8BD89#C8BD89
#E5D1C8#E5D1C8
#A66C4E#A66C4E

Color Harmonies

#89B3C8#89B3C8
#C88993#C88993
#C8BD89#C8BD89
#89C89E#89C89E
#9E89C8#9E89C8

Variants

#E5D1C8#E5D1C8
#A66C4E#A66C4E
#DB9876#DB9876
#B4A49C#B4A49C
#EDE6E3#EDE6E3
#FFA77A#FFA77A

Nearest Named Colors

Rosy Brown#BC8F8F
Ecru#C2B280
Sand#C2B280
Tan#D2B48C
Sage Gray#B2AC88

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

Structured HEX color data for conversion, WCAG checks, CSS generation, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.3854
Black text8.71:1AA Pass
White text2.41:1AA Fail
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
{"hex":"#C89E89","rgb":[200,158,137],"hsl":[20,36,66],"cmyk":[0,21,32,22],"luminance":0.3854,"contrast":{"black":8.71,"white":2.41}}
WCAG
{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}
Safe pairings
[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":8.71,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.41,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]
Accessible alternatives
[{"name":"#E5D1C8","hex":"#E5D1C8","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.29,"contrastWhite":1.47,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#C8BD89","hex":"#C8BD89","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.1,"contrastWhite":1.89,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Tan","hex":"#D2B48C","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.65,"contrastWhite":1.97,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Sand","hex":"#C2B280","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.97,"contrastWhite":2.11,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#89B3C8","hex":"#89B3C8","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.35,"contrastWhite":2.25,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]
AI context
{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","earth tone","earth tone orange","Rosy Brown adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","natural palettes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/c89e89.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/rosy-brown.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/ecru.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sand.json"]}
Harmonies
{"complementary":"#89B3C8","analogous":["#C88993","#C8BD89"],"triadic":["#89C89E","#9E89C8"],"tetradic":["#93C889","#89B3C8","#BD89C8"],"splitComplementary":["#89C8BD","#8993C8"],"monochromatic":["#E5D1C8","#C89E89","#A66C4E"]}
Variants
{"light":"#E5D1C8","dark":"#A66C4E","saturated":"#DB9876","desaturated":"#B4A49C","pastel":"#EDE6E3","neon":"#FFA77A"}
Nearest named colors
[{"slug":"rosy-brown","name":"Rosy Brown","hex":"#BC8F8F","distance":20.12461179749811},{"slug":"ecru","name":"Ecru","hex":"#C2B280","distance":22.737634001804146},{"slug":"sand","name":"Sand","hex":"#C2B280","distance":22.737634001804146},{"slug":"tan","name":"Tan","hex":"#D2B48C","distance":24.351591323771842},{"slug":"sage-gray","name":"Sage Gray","hex":"#B2AC88","distance":26.095976701399778}]
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