#978A6F#978A6F

#978A6F is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.042 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978A6F
RGB	rgb(151, 138, 111)
HSL	hsl(41, 16%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 26%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 26.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.95, 0.43, 16.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.95, 16.26, 88.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% 0.0034 0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.042 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.7204, 25.9046, 18.7337)
Luminance	0.2590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978A6F #6F7C97

analogous

#97766F #978A6F #90976F

triadic

#978A6F #6F978A #8A6F97

tetradic

#978A6F #6F9776 #6F7C97 #976F90

square

#978A6F #6F9776 #6F7C97 #976F90

split-complementary

#978A6F #6F9097 #766F97

monochromatic

#514A3B #756A54 #978A6F #B1A793 #CAC4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#978A6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#978A6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978A6F

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978A6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978A6F	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91896D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948D70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E8583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978a6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 138, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.042 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6ac98',
    500: '#978a6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978a6f;
$custom-light: #b6ac98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978a6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.5,
    "s": 16.129,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63768,
    "c": 0.04155,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978A6F

secondary

#A8AEBA

accent

#87B96F

background

#FBFAF9

surface

#F6F4F2

border

#D0CECC

text

#11100D

muted

#807F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #978A6F

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