#978E7B#978E7B

#978E7B is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.029 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978E7B
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 123)
HSL	hsl(41, 12%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(41, 19%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 18.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.30, 0.04, 11.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.30, 11.34, 89.80°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% 0.0022 0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.029 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0105, 27.3558, 22.6451)
Luminance	0.2736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978E7B #7B8497

analogous

#97807B #978E7B #92977B

triadic

#978E7B #7B978E #8E7B97

tetradic

#978E7B #7B9780 #7B8497 #977B92

square

#978E7B #7B9780 #7B8497 #977B92

split-complementary

#978E7B #7B9297 #807B97

monochromatic

#554F43 #776F5E #978E7B #B2AB9D #CDC9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#978E7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#978E7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978E7B

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978E7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978E7B	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938D7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95907C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C8B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978e7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.029 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afa1',
    500: '#978e7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978e7b;
$custom-light: #b5afa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978e7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.714,
    "s": 11.864,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64921,
    "c": 0.02937,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978E7B

secondary

#B1B5BD

accent

#88B573

background

#FBFAF9

surface

#F6F4F2

border

#D0CECC

text

#11100F

muted

#807F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #978E7B

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