#CD9178#CD9178

#CD9178 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.081 H 43.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9178
RGB	rgb(205, 145, 120)
HSL	hsl(18, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(18, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 41.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.43, 19.59, 22.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.43, 29.70, 48.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% 0.059 0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.081 43.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6940, 34.5886, 22.4039)
Luminance	0.3459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9178 #78B4CD

analogous

#CD7889 #CD9178 #CDBB78

triadic

#CD9178 #78CD91 #9178CD

tetradic

#CD9178 #89CD78 #78B4CD #BB78CD

square

#CD9178 #89CD78 #78B4CD #BB78CD

split-complementary

#CD9178 #78CDBB #7889CD

monochromatic

#945237 #BC6D4B #CD9178 #DEB5A5 #EEDAD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#CD9178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#CD9178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9178

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9178	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09776

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB878A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 145, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.081 43.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb19f',
    500: '#cd9178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9178;
$custom-light: #deb19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.647,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70932,
    "c": 0.08141,
    "h": 43.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9178

secondary

#C1D7DF

accent

#90B92C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF5F2

border

#D4CFCC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9178

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

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