#978B6F#978B6F

#978B6F is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.042 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978B6F
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 111)
HSL	hsl(42, 16%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 26%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 26.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.22, -0.13, 16.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.22, 16.63, 90.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% 0.0018 0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.042 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.8645, 26.1929, 18.7818)
Luminance	0.2619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978B6F #6F7B97

analogous

#97776F #978B6F #8F976F

triadic

#978B6F #6F978B #8B6F97

tetradic

#978B6F #6F9777 #6F7B97 #976F8F

square

#978B6F #6F9777 #6F7B97 #976F8F

split-complementary

#978B6F #6F8F97 #776F97

monochromatic

#514A3B #756B54 #978B6F #B1A893 #CAC4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#978B6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#978B6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978B6F

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978B6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978B6F	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928A6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958D70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E8683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978b6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.042 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6ac98',
    500: '#978b6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978b6f;
$custom-light: #b6ac98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978b6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 16.129,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63983,
    "c": 0.04237,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978B6F

secondary

#A8ADBA

accent

#85B96F

background

#FBFAF9

surface

#F6F4F2

border

#D0CECC

text

#11100D

muted

#807F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #978B6F

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