#8a8872

Color #8a8872

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 12.82 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8a8872

RGB

rgb(138, 136, 114)

HSL

hsl(55, 9.5%, 49.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(55, 17.4%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 17.4%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(56.31, -3.21, 12.11)

LCH

lch(56.31, 12.53, 104.85)

OKLCH

oklch(62.2%, 0.032, 102.99)

HWB

hwb(55, 44.7%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#72748a

Analogous

#8a7c72

#8a8872

#808a72

Triadic

#8a8872

#728a88

#88728a

Split-complementary

#8a8872

#72808a

#7c728a

Tetradic

#8a8872

#748a72

#72748a

#88728a

Square

#8a8872

#728a7c

#72748a

#8a7280

Shades

Color #8a8872 mixed toward black.

#73715f

#5c5b4c

#454439

#2e2d26

#171713

Tints

Color #8a8872 mixed toward white.

#9e9c89

#b1b0a1

#c5c4b8

#d8d7d0

#ecebe7

Tones

Color #8a8872 mixed toward gray.

#888674

#868576

#848378

#82817a

#80807c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.85:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#898978 · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#898979 · ΔE 2.4

Tritanopia

#8a7c7d · ΔE 15.3

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 10.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a8872;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a8872]

Related colors

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Gold #ffd700

Ivory #fffff0

Frequently asked questions

#8a8872 (#8a8872) is rgb(138, 136, 114) in RGB.

No, #8a8872 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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