#978B79#978B79

#978B79 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.030 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978B79
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 121)
HSL	hsl(36, 13%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(36, 20%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 19.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.44, 1.40, 11.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.44, 11.35, 82.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% 0.0062 0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.03 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.4462, 26.4256, 21.8456)
Luminance	0.2642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978B79 #798597

analogous

#977C79 #978B79 #949779

triadic

#978B79 #79978B #8B7997

tetradic

#978B79 #79977C #798597 #977994

square

#978B79 #79977C #798597 #977994

split-complementary

#978B79 #799497 #7C7997

monochromatic

#544D41 #776C5C #978B79 #B2A99B #CCC7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#978B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#978B79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978B79

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978B79	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908B78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938E79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C8886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.030 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5ac9f',
    500: '#978b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978b79;
$custom-light: #b5ac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 12.605,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64227,
    "c": 0.02973,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978B79

secondary

#AFB5BC

accent

#8DB572

background

#FBFAF9

surface

#F6F4F2

border

#D0CECC

text

#11100E

muted

#807F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #978B79

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

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