#8a8b7e

Color #8a8b7e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 8.33 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8a8b7e

RGB

rgb(138, 139, 126)

HSL

hsl(64.6, 5.3%, 52%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(64.6, 9.4%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.7%, 0%, 9.4%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(57.44, -2.82, 6.83)

LCH

lch(57.44, 7.39, 112.43)

OKLCH

oklch(63.2%, 0.019, 110.63)

HWB

hwb(64.6, 49.4%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7f7e8b

Analogous

#8b867e

#8a8b7e

#848b7e

Triadic

#8a8b7e

#7e8a8b

#8b7e8a

Split-complementary

#8a8b7e

#7e848b

#867e8b

Tetradic

#8a8b7e

#7e8b7f

#7f7e8b

#8b7e8a

Square

#8a8b7e

#7e8b86

#7f7e8b

#8b7e84

Shades

Color #8a8b7e mixed toward black.

#737469

#5c5d54

#45463f

#2e2f2a

#171715

Tints

Color #8a8b7e mixed toward white.

#9e9e94

#b1b2a9

#c5c5bf

#d8d8d4

#ececea

Tones

Color #8a8b7e mixed toward gray.

#898a7f

#888980

#878881

#868782

#868684

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.07:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a81 · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#8a8a82 · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#8a8484 · ΔE 9.1

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 6.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8a8b7e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a8b7e]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#8a8b7e (#8a8b7e) is rgb(138, 139, 126) in RGB.

No, #8a8b7e 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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