#8a8b5c

Color #8a8b5c

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 18.84 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8a8b5c

RGB

rgb(138, 139, 92)

HSL

hsl(61.3, 20.3%, 45.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(61.3, 33.8%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.7%, 0%, 33.8%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(56.72, -8.13, 25.07)

LCH

lch(56.72, 26.36, 107.97)

OKLCH

oklch(62.4%, 0.0657, 109.18)

HWB

hwb(61.3, 36.1%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5d5c8b

Analogous

#8b755c

#8a8b5c

#728b5c

Triadic

#8a8b5c

#5c8a8b

#8b5c8a

Split-complementary

#8a8b5c

#5c728b

#755c8b

Tetradic

#8a8b5c

#5c8b5d

#5d5c8b

#8b5c8a

Square

#8a8b5c

#5c8b75

#5d5c8b

#8b5c72

Shades

Color #8a8b5c mixed toward black.

#73744d

#5c5d3d

#45452e

#2e2e1f

#17170f

Tints

Color #8a8b5c mixed toward white.

#a1a273

#b4b58f

#c7c7ab

#dadac7

#ecece3

Tones

Color #8a8b5c mixed toward gray.

#868760

#828364

#7f7f68

#7b7b6c

#777770

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a6a · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#8a8a6d · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#8a7375 · ΔE 26.6

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 17.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8a8b5c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a8b5c]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#8a8b5c (#8a8b5c) is rgb(138, 139, 92) in RGB.

No, #8a8b5c 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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