#C7A656#C7A656

#C7A656 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.107 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7A656
RGB	rgb(199, 166, 86)
HSL	hsl(42, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 56.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, 2.46, 45.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 45.42, 86.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% 0.0051 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.107 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8708, 40.0885, 14.4927)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7A656 #5677C7

analogous

#C76D56 #C7A656 #AFC756

triadic

#C7A656 #56C7A6 #A656C7

tetradic

#C7A656 #56C76D #5677C7 #C756AF

square

#C7A656 #56C76D #5677C7 #C756AF

split-complementary

#C7A656 #56AFC7 #6D56C7

monochromatic

#7A6228 #A88738 #C7A656 #D6BE84 #E5D6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C7A656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#C7A656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7A656

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7A656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7A656	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7a656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 166, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.107 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc088',
    500: '#c7a656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7a656;
$custom-light: #dbc088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7a656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.478,
    "s": 50.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73832,
    "c": 0.10652,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7A656

secondary

#A5B3D4

accent

#77DA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7A656

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

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