#C7A342#C7A342

#C7A342 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.122 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7A342
RGB	rgb(199, 163, 66)
HSL	hsl(44, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, 2.69, 53.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 53.71, 87.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73% 0.0033 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.122 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6358, 38.7321, 10.6469)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7A342 #4266C7

analogous

#C76042 #C7A342 #A9C742

triadic

#C7A342 #42C7A3 #A342C7

tetradic

#C7A342 #42C760 #4266C7 #C742A9

square

#C7A342 #42C760 #4266C7 #C742A9

split-complementary

#C7A342 #42A9C7 #6042C7

monochromatic

#6E5921 #9D7F2F #C7A342 #D5BA71 #E3D1A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C7A342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#C7A342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7A342

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7A342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7A342	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7a342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 163, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.122 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe7b',
    500: '#c7a342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7a342;
$custom-light: #dcbe7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7a342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.759,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72999,
    "c": 0.12152,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7A342

secondary

#95A5D0

accent

#72DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7A342

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

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