#8a8c7d

Color #8a8c7d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 9.47 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8a8c7d

RGB

rgb(138, 140, 125)

HSL

hsl(68, 6.1%, 52%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(68, 10.7%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 10.7%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(57.69, -3.56, 7.76)

LCH

lch(57.69, 8.54, 114.64)

OKLCH

oklch(63.4%, 0.022, 113.3)

HWB

hwb(68, 49%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7f7d8c

Analogous

#8c877d

#8a8c7d

#838c7d

Triadic

#8a8c7d

#7d8a8c

#8c7d8a

Split-complementary

#8a8c7d

#7d838c

#877d8c

Tetradic

#8a8c7d

#7d8c7f

#7f7d8c

#8c7d8a

Square

#8a8c7d

#7d8c87

#7f7d8c

#8c7d83

Shades

Color #8a8c7d mixed toward black.

#737568

#5c5e53

#45463e

#2e2f2a

#171715

Tints

Color #8a8c7d mixed toward white.

#9e9f93

#b1b2a8

#c5c6be

#d8d9d4

#ecece9

Tones

Color #8a8c7d mixed toward gray.

#898b7e

#888a80

#878881

#868782

#868683

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.13:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8b81 · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#8b8b82 · ΔE 3.1

Tritanopia

#8a8484 · ΔE 10.2

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 7.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8a8c7d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a8c7d]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#8a8c7d (#8a8c7d) is rgb(138, 140, 125) in RGB.

No, #8a8c7d 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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