#C7A449#C7A449

#C7A449 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.117 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7A449
RGB	rgb(199, 164, 73)
HSL	hsl(43, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 63.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, 2.59, 50.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 50.89, 87.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% 0.0039 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.117 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.0332, 39.1763, 11.8606)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7A449 #496CC7

analogous

#C76549 #C7A449 #ABC749

triadic

#C7A449 #49C7A4 #A449C7

tetradic

#C7A449 #49C765 #496CC7 #C749AB

square

#C7A449 #49C765 #496CC7 #C749AB

split-complementary

#C7A449 #49ABC7 #6549C7

monochromatic

#725C23 #A18232 #C7A449 #D5BB78 #E4D3A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C7A449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#C7A449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7A449

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7A449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7A449	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7a449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 164, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.117 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbe7f',
    500: '#c7a449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7a449;
$custom-light: #dbbe7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7a449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73273,
    "c": 0.11661,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7A449

secondary

#9BAAD1

accent

#74DC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7A449

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

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