#C7A541#C7A541

#C7A541 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.123 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7A541
RGB	rgb(199, 165, 65)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 67.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, 1.56, 54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 54.65, 88.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.0001 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.123 90)
XYZ	xyz(37.9644, 39.4363, 10.6123)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7A541 #4163C7

analogous

#C76241 #C7A541 #A6C741

triadic

#C7A541 #41C7A5 #A541C7

tetradic

#C7A541 #41C762 #4163C7 #C741A6

square

#C7A541 #41C762 #4163C7 #C741A6

split-complementary

#C7A541 #41A6C7 #6241C7

monochromatic

#6D5A20 #9D812E #C7A541 #D5BB70 #E3D2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C7A541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#C7A541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7A541

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7A541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7A541	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7a541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 165, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.123 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbf7a',
    500: '#c7a541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7a541;
$custom-light: #dcbf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7a541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.776,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73397,
    "c": 0.12339,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.39434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7A541

secondary

#95A3CF

accent

#6FDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7A541

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

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