#978C6C#978C6C

#978C6C is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.047 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978C6C
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 108)
HSL	hsl(45, 17%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 28%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 28.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.43, -1.12, 18.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.43, 18.65, 93.45°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% -0.0011 0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.047 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8475, 26.4188, 17.9749)
Luminance	0.2642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978C6C #6C7797

analogous

#97766C #978C6C #8C976C

triadic

#978C6C #6C978C #8C6C97

tetradic

#978C6C #6C9776 #6C7797 #976C8C

square

#978C6C #6C9776 #6C7797 #976C8C

split-complementary

#978C6C #6C8C97 #766C97

monochromatic

#504A39 #746B52 #978C6C #B0A890 #CAC4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#978C6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#978C6C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978C6C

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978C6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978C6C	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)

#938B6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968E6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E8783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978c6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.047 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6ad96',
    500: '#978c6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978c6c;
$custom-light: #b6ad96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978c6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.651,
    "s": 17.131,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6413,
    "c": 0.04712,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978C6C

secondary

#A6ABB9

accent

#81BA6E

background

#FBFAF9

surface

#F6F4F2

border

#D0CECC

text

#11100D

muted

#807F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #978C6C

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