#C7A046#C7A046

#C7A046 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.117 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7A046
RGB	rgb(199, 160, 70)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 64.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, 4.55, 51.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 51.25, 84.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% 0.0092 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.117 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2315, 37.7283, 11.1144)
Luminance	0.3773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7A046 #466DC7

analogous

#C75F46 #C7A046 #AEC746

triadic

#C7A046 #46C7A0 #A046C7

tetradic

#C7A046 #46C75F #466DC7 #C746AE

square

#C7A046 #46C75F #466DC7 #C746AE

split-complementary

#C7A046 #46AEC7 #5F46C7

monochromatic

#715922 #A07E30 #C7A046 #D5B875 #E3D0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C7A046 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#C7A046 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7A046

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7A046	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7A046	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7a046;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 160, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.117 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbb7d',
    500: '#c7a046',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7a046;
$custom-light: #dbbb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7a046",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.86,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7243,
    "c": 0.11694,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7A046

secondary

#98A9D0

accent

#77DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7A046

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

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