#CDA178#CDA178

#CDA178 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.076 H 64.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA178
RGB	rgb(205, 161, 120)
HSL	hsl(29, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(29, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 41.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, 10.88, 27.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 29.63, 68.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% 0.0331 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.076 64.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.3133, 39.8272, 23.2770)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA178 #78A4CD

analogous

#CD7879 #CDA178 #CDCB78

triadic

#CDA178 #78CDA1 #A178CD

tetradic

#CDA178 #79CD78 #78A4CD #CB78CD

square

#CDA178 #79CD78 #78A4CD #CB78CD

split-complementary

#CDA178 #78CDCB #7879CD

monochromatic

#946437 #BC824B #CDA178 #DEC0A5 #EEDFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#CDA178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#CDA178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA178

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA178	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA475

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAD79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 161, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.076 64.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debc9f',
    500: '#cda178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda178;
$custom-light: #debc9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.941,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73981,
    "c": 0.07605,
    "h": 64.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA178

secondary

#C1D1DF

accent

#75B92C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA178

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

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