#CA9178#CA9178

#CA9178 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.078 H 44.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9178
RGB	rgb(202, 145, 120)
HSL	hsl(18, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(18, 41%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 40.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, 18.39, 21.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 28.53, 49.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% 0.0556 0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.078 44.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8742, 34.1659, 22.3655)
Luminance	0.3416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9178 #78B1CA

analogous

#CA7888 #CA9178 #CABA78

triadic

#CA9178 #78CA91 #9178CA

tetradic

#CA9178 #88CA78 #78B1CA #BA78CA

square

#CA9178 #88CA78 #78B1CA #BA78CA

split-complementary

#CA9178 #78CABA #7888CA

monochromatic

#8F5338 #B96D4C #CA9178 #DBB5A4 #EDD9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#CA9178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#CA9178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9178

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9178	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09776

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8888A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 145, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.078 44.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb19f',
    500: '#ca9178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9178;
$custom-light: #dcb19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.293,
    "s": 43.617,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.706,
    "c": 0.07809,
    "h": 44.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9178

secondary

#C0D5DE

accent

#8DB72F

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF5F2

border

#D4CFCC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9178

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

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