#81817e

Color #81817e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 1.75 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-500 #737373 · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#81817e

RGB

rgb(129, 129, 126)

HSL

hsl(60, 1.2%, 50%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 2.3%, 50.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 2.3%, 49.4%)

LAB

lab(53.89, -0.59, 1.62)

LCH

lch(53.89, 1.72, 110.01)

OKLCH

oklch(60.2%, 0.0045, 106.82)

HWB

hwb(60, 49.4%, 49.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7e7e81

Analogous

#81807e

#81817e

#80817e

Triadic

#81817e

#7e8181

#817e81

Split-complementary

#81817e

#7e8081

#807e81

Tetradic

#81817e

#7e817e

#7e7e81

#817e81

Square

#81817e

#7e8180

#7e7e81

#817e80

Shades

Color #81817e mixed toward black.

#6c6c69

#565654

#41413f

#2b2b2a

#161615

Tints

Color #81817e mixed toward white.

#969693

#ababa9

#c0c0be

#d5d5d4

#eaeae9

Tones

Color #81817e mixed toward gray.

#81817e

#80807f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.37:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#81817f · ΔE 0.6

Deuteranopia

#81817f · ΔE 0.6

Tritanopia

#817f7f · ΔE 2.4

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 1.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #81817e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#81817e]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#81817e (#81817e) is rgb(129, 129, 126) in RGB.

No, #81817e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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