#987e51

Color #987e51

A muted medium orange.

Closest named color Tan #d2b48c · ΔE 21.12 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 12.5

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Conversions

HEX

#987e51

RGB

rgb(152, 126, 81)

HSL

hsl(38, 30.5%, 45.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(38, 46.7%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 46.7%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(54.23, 3.79, 28.18)

LCH

lch(54.23, 28.43, 82.34)

OKLCH

oklch(60.7%, 0.0696, 80.58)

HWB

hwb(38, 31.8%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#516b98

Analogous

#985a51

#987e51

#8f9851

Triadic

#987e51

#51987e

#7e5198

Split-complementary

#987e51

#518f98

#5a5198

Tetradic

#987e51

#6b9851

#516b98

#7e5198

Square

#987e51

#51985a

#516b98

#98518f

Shades

Color #987e51 mixed toward black.

#7f6943

#655436

#4c3f28

#332a1b

#19150d

Tints

Color #987e51 mixed toward white.

#af9568

#bfaa87

#cfbfa5

#dfd5c3

#efeae1

Tones

Color #987e51 mixed toward gray.

#927c57

#8c7b5d

#867963

#807869

#7a766f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.44:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8d5e · ΔE 10.6

Deuteranopia

#8f9161 · ΔE 11.7

Tritanopia

#976769 · ΔE 22.9

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 17.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #987e51;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#987e51]

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Frequently asked questions

#987e51 (#987e51) is rgb(152, 126, 81) in RGB.

No, #987e51 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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