Plugin Help Need help configuring HeroChat

As the title states I need help configuring emotes on herochat. At the moment this is what the herochat config looks like.

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Code:

moderator-permissions:
  can-kick: true
  can-ban: true
  can-mute: true
  can-remove-channel: true
  can-modify-nick: true
  can-modify-color: true
  can-modify-distance: true
  can-modify-password: true
  can-modify-format: false
  can-modify-shortcut: false
  can-modify-verbose: true
  can-modify-focusable: false
  can-modify-crossworld: false
  can-color-messages: true
  can-view-info: true
  can-focus: true
default-channel: Global
censors: []
format:
  default: '{color}{prefix}{sender}{suffix}{color}: {msg}'
  announce: '{color} {msg}'
  emote: '{color}*{msg}{color}*'
  private-message: '&d{convoaddress} {convopartner}&d: {msg}'
use-channel-emotes: true
locale: en_US
log-chat: true
log-to-bukkit: false
twitter-style-private-messages: true

What I want if for the emotes to be the same color as the current color of my username (gold) The thing is I have no clue how to make that happen. Each time i emote the name color comes up but the text is just white. Can someone help?