#C7A338#C7A338

#C7A338 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.129 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7A338
RGB	rgb(199, 163, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, 2.15, 57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 57.84, 87.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% 0.0005 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.129 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3663, 38.6243, 9.2277)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7A338 #385CC7

analogous

#C75C38 #C7A338 #A3C738

triadic

#C7A338 #38C7A3 #A338C7

tetradic

#C7A338 #38C75C #385CC7 #C738A3

square

#C7A338 #38C75C #385CC7 #C738A3

split-complementary

#C7A338 #38A3C7 #5C38C7

monochromatic

#67551D #977C2B #C7A338 #D4B968 #E2CF98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C7A338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#C7A338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7A338

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7A338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7A338	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7a338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 163, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.129 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbd75',
    500: '#c7a338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7a338;
$custom-light: #dcbd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7a338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.895,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72912,
    "c": 0.12853,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7A338

secondary

#8D9DCD

accent

#6EDF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7A338

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

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