#8a7957

Color #8a7957

A muted medium orange.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 21.22 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8a7957

RGB

rgb(138, 121, 87)

HSL

hsl(40, 22.7%, 44.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(40, 37%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 37%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(51.57, 1.29, 21.08)

LCH

lch(51.57, 21.12, 86.5)

OKLCH

oklch(58.3%, 0.0529, 84.25)

HWB

hwb(40, 34.1%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#57688a

Analogous

#8a5f57

#8a7957

#818a57

Triadic

#8a7957

#578a79

#79578a

Split-complementary

#8a7957

#57818a

#5f578a

Tetradic

#8a7957

#688a57

#57688a

#79578a

Square

#8a7957

#578a5f

#57688a

#8a5781

Shades

Color #8a7957 mixed toward black.

#736548

#5c513a

#453c2b

#2e281d

#17140e

Tints

Color #8a7957 mixed toward white.

#a3916d

#b6a78a

#c8bda8

#dad3c5

#ede9e2

Tones

Color #8a7957 mixed toward gray.

#86785b

#81765f

#7d7564

#797368

#75726c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#838361 · ΔE 8.2

Deuteranopia

#848563 · ΔE 8.8

Tritanopia

#896769 · ΔE 20.5

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 14.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8a7957;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a7957]

Related colors

Floral White #fffaf0

Old Lace #fdf5e6

Wheat #f5deb3

Orange #ffa500

Moccasin #ffe4b5

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Frequently asked questions

#8a7957 (#8a7957) is rgb(138, 121, 87) in RGB.

No, #8a7957 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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