#978B6A#978B6A

#978B6A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.049 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978B6A
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 106)
HSL	hsl(44, 18%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 30%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 29.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.12, -0.85, 19.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.12, 19.33, 92.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% -0.0004 0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.049 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5969, 26.0858, 17.3722)
Luminance	0.2609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978B6A #6A7697

analogous

#97746A #978B6A #8C976A

triadic

#978B6A #6A978B #8B6A97

tetradic

#978B6A #6A9774 #6A7697 #976A8C

square

#978B6A #6A9774 #6A7697 #976A8C

split-complementary

#978B6A #6A8C97 #746A97

monochromatic

#4F4937 #736A50 #978B6A #B0A78E #C9C3B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#978B6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#978B6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978B6A

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978B6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978B6A	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928A68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968D6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E8682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978b6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.049 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6ac94',
    500: '#978b6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978b6a;
$custom-light: #b6ac94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978b6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44,
    "s": 17.787,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6387,
    "c": 0.04876,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978B6A

secondary

#A4AAB8

accent

#82BA6D

background

#FBFAF9

surface

#F6F4F1

border

#D0CECB

text

#11100D

muted

#807F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #978B6A

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