#C7A142#C7A142

#C7A142 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.120 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7A142
RGB	rgb(199, 161, 66)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, 3.77, 53.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 53.23, 85.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% 0.0064 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.12 87)
XYZ	xyz(37.2835, 38.0275, 10.5295)
Luminance	0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7A142 #4268C7

analogous

#C75F42 #C7A142 #ABC742

triadic

#C7A142 #42C7A1 #A142C7

tetradic

#C7A142 #42C75F #4268C7 #C742AB

square

#C7A142 #42C75F #4268C7 #C742AB

split-complementary

#C7A142 #42ABC7 #5F42C7

monochromatic

#6E5821 #9D7E2F #C7A142 #D5B871 #E3D0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C7A142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#C7A142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7A142

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7A142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7A142	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7a142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 161, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.120 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbc7b',
    500: '#c7a142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7a142;
$custom-light: #dcbc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7a142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72592,
    "c": 0.12049,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.38025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7A142

secondary

#95A6D0

accent

#74DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7A142

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

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