#C7A462#C7A462

#C7A462 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.094 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7A462
RGB	rgb(199, 164, 98)
HSL	hsl(39, 47%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(39, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 50.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, 4.56, 38.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 39.13, 83.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% 0.0127 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.094 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.0348, 39.5770, 17.1360)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7A462 #6285C7

analogous

#C77162 #C7A462 #B7C762

triadic

#C7A462 #62C7A4 #A462C7

tetradic

#C7A462 #62C771 #6285C7 #C762B7

square

#C7A462 #62C771 #6285C7 #C762B7

split-complementary

#C7A462 #62B7C7 #7162C7

monochromatic

#81642E #AE873E #C7A462 #D7BE8F #E7D8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C7A462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#C7A462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7A462

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7A462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7A462	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A45D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAD64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7a462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 164, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.094 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabe90',
    500: '#c7a462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7a462;
$custom-light: #dabe90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7a462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.208,
    "s": 47.418,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73593,
    "c": 0.09406,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7A462

secondary

#AEBCD7

accent

#7FD751

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7A462

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

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