#9c978e

Color #9c978e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.52 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9c978e

RGB

rgb(156, 151, 142)

HSL

hsl(38.6, 6.6%, 58.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(38.6, 9%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 9%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(62.64, 0.18, 5.39)

LCH

lch(62.64, 5.39, 88.09)

OKLCH

oklch(67.8%, 0.0142, 82.33)

HWB

hwb(38.6, 55.7%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e939c

Analogous

#9c908e

#9c978e

#9a9c8e

Triadic

#9c978e

#8e9c97

#978e9c

Split-complementary

#9c978e

#8e9a9c

#908e9c

Tetradic

#9c978e

#939c8e

#8e939c

#978e9c

Square

#9c978e

#8e9c90

#8e939c

#9c8e9a

Shades

Color #9c978e mixed toward black.

#847e74

#6a655d

#4f4c46

#35332e

#1a1917

Tints

Color #9c978e mixed toward white.

#aca8a1

#bdbab4

#cdcbc6

#dedcd9

#eeeeec

Tones

Color #9c978e mixed toward gray.

#9b978f

#9a9690

#989691

#979693

#969594

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9a90 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#9a9b91 · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#9c9292 · ΔE 6.4

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 4.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9c978e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9c978e]

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Frequently asked questions

#9c978e (#9c978e) is rgb(156, 151, 142) in RGB.

No, #9c978e 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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