#878c5e

Color #878c5e

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 18.44 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#878c5e

RGB

rgb(135, 140, 94)

HSL

hsl(66.5, 19.7%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.5, 32.9%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 32.9%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(56.8, -9.65, 24.01)

LCH

lch(56.8, 25.88, 111.9)

OKLCH

oklch(62.4%, 0.065, 113.37)

HWB

hwb(66.5, 36.9%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#635e8c

Analogous

#8c7a5e

#878c5e

#708c5e

Triadic

#878c5e

#5e878c

#8c5e87

Split-complementary

#878c5e

#5e708c

#7a5e8c

Tetradic

#878c5e

#5e8c63

#635e8c

#8c5e87

Square

#878c5e

#5e8c7a

#635e8c

#8c5e70

Shades

Color #878c5e mixed toward black.

#71754e

#5a5d3f

#44462f

#2d2f1f

#171710

Tints

Color #878c5e mixed toward white.

#9ea375

#b1b591

#c5c8ac

#d8dac8

#ecede3

Tones

Color #878c5e mixed toward gray.

#848862

#818466

#7e816a

#7b7d6d

#787971

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.94:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#89896b · ΔE 4.9

Deuteranopia

#89896e · ΔE 5.8

Tritanopia

#877577 · ΔE 26

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 17.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #878c5e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#878c5e]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#878c5e (#878c5e) is rgb(135, 140, 94) in RGB.

No, #878c5e 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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