#978B6E#978B6E

#978B6E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.044 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978B6E
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 110)
HSL	hsl(42, 16%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 27%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 27.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.20, -0.28, 17.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.20, 17.17, 90.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.96% 0.0014 0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(63.96% 0.044 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8097, 26.1710, 18.4934)
Luminance	0.2617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978B6E #6E7A97

analogous

#97766E #978B6E #8E976E

triadic

#978B6E #6E978B #8B6E97

tetradic

#978B6E #6E9776 #6E7A97 #976E8E

square

#978B6E #6E9776 #6E7A97 #976E8E

split-complementary

#978B6E #6E8E97 #766E97

monochromatic

#514A3A #746B53 #978B6E #B1A892 #CAC4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#978B6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#978B6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978B6E

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978B6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978B6E	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928A6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958D6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E8683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978b6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.044 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6ac97',
    500: '#978b6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978b6e;
$custom-light: #b6ac97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978b6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.439,
    "s": 16.466,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6396,
    "c": 0.04364,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978B6E

secondary

#A7ADB9

accent

#84B96F

background

#FBFAF9

surface

#F6F4F2

border

#D0CECC

text

#11100D

muted

#807F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #978B6E

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