#C7A045#C7A045

#C7A045 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.118 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7A045
RGB	rgb(199, 160, 69)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 65.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, 4.49, 51.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 51.69, 85.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% 0.0089 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.118 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2002, 37.7157, 10.9496)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7A045 #456CC7

analogous

#C75F45 #C7A045 #ADC745

triadic

#C7A045 #45C7A0 #A045C7

tetradic

#C7A045 #45C75F #456CC7 #C745AD

square

#C7A045 #45C75F #456CC7 #C745AD

split-complementary

#C7A045 #45ADC7 #5F45C7

monochromatic

#705822 #9F7E30 #C7A045 #D5B874 #E3D0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C7A045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#C7A045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7A045

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7A045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7A045	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7a045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 160, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.118 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbb7d',
    500: '#c7a045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7a045;
$custom-light: #dcbb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7a045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7242,
    "c": 0.11772,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7A045

secondary

#98A9D0

accent

#77DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7A045

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

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