#978970#978970

#978970 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.040 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978970
RGB	rgb(151, 137, 112)
HSL	hsl(38, 16%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(38, 26%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 25.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.69, 1.13, 15.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.69, 15.38, 85.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.58% 0.0055 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(63.58% 0.04 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.6329, 25.6411, 18.9777)
Luminance	0.2564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978970 #707E97

analogous

#977670 #978970 #929770

triadic

#978970 #709789 #897097

tetradic

#978970 #709776 #707E97 #977092

square

#978970 #709776 #707E97 #977092

split-complementary

#978970 #709297 #767097

monochromatic

#51493B #756955 #978970 #B1A693 #CBC3B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#978970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#978970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978970

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978970	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90896E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938C71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E8482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 137, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.040 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6ab99',
    500: '#978970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978970;
$custom-light: #b6ab99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.462,
    "s": 15.789,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63577,
    "c": 0.03956,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978970

secondary

#A9AFBA

accent

#8AB96F

background

#FBFAF9

surface

#F6F4F2

border

#D0CECC

text

#11100D

muted

#807F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #978970

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

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