#C7A23E#C7A23E

#C7A23E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.124 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7A23E
RGB	rgb(199, 162, 62)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 68.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, 3.00, 55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 55.17, 86.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% 0.0037 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.124 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3451, 38.3329, 9.9885)
Luminance	0.3833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7A23E #3E63C7

analogous

#C75D3E #C7A23E #A7C73E

triadic

#C7A23E #3EC7A2 #A23EC7

tetradic

#C7A23E #3EC75D #3E63C7 #C73EA7

square

#C7A23E #3EC75D #3E63C7 #C73EA7

split-complementary

#C7A23E #3EA7C7 #5D3EC7

monochromatic

#6B571F #9B7D2D #C7A23E #D5B96D #E3D09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C7A23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#C7A23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7A23E

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7A23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7A23E	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7a23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 162, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.124 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbd78',
    500: '#c7a23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7a23e;
$custom-light: #dcbd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7a23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.796,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72758,
    "c": 0.12391,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7A23E

secondary

#92A2CF

accent

#72DE49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7A23E

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

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