#9e978a

Color #9e978a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 10.14 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#9e978a

RGB

rgb(158, 151, 138)

HSL

hsl(39, 9.3%, 58%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(39, 12.7%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 12.7%, 38%)

LAB

lab(62.71, 0.24, 7.76)

LCH

lch(62.71, 7.76, 88.23)

OKLCH

oklch(67.9%, 0.0205, 82.98)

HWB

hwb(39, 54.1%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8a919e

Analogous

#9e8d8a

#9e978a

#9b9e8a

Triadic

#9e978a

#8a9e97

#978a9e

Split-complementary

#9e978a

#8a9b9e

#8d8a9e

Tetradic

#9e978a

#919e8a

#8a919e

#978a9e

Square

#9e978a

#8a9e8d

#8a919e

#9e8a9b

Shades

Color #9e978a mixed toward black.

#877f70

#6c6559

#514c43

#36332d

#1b1916

Tints

Color #9e978a mixed toward white.

#aea89d

#bebab1

#cecbc4

#dfdcd8

#efeeeb

Tones

Color #9e978a mixed toward gray.

#9c968c

#9b968d

#99958f

#979591

#969492

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9b8d · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#9b9c8e · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#9e9090 · ΔE 8.9

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 6.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9e978a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e978a]

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Frequently asked questions

#9e978a (#9e978a) is rgb(158, 151, 138) in RGB.

No, #9e978a 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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