#C7A236#C7A236

#C7A236 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.129 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7A236
RGB	rgb(199, 162, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 72.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, 2.59, 58.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 58.39, 87.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% 0.0016 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.129 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1415, 38.2515, 8.9163)
Luminance	0.3825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7A236 #365BC7

analogous

#C75A36 #C7A236 #A3C736

triadic

#C7A236 #36C7A2 #A236C7

tetradic

#C7A236 #36C75A #365BC7 #C736A3

square

#C7A236 #36C75A #365BC7 #C736A3

split-complementary

#C7A236 #36A3C7 #5A36C7

monochromatic

#67541C #977B29 #C7A236 #D5B965 #E2CF95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#C7A236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#C7A236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7A236

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7A236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7A236	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7a236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 162, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.129 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbd74',
    500: '#c7a236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7a236;
$custom-light: #dcbd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7a236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.69,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72692,
    "c": 0.12928,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7A236

secondary

#8B9CCE

accent

#6EE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7A236

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

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