#8a8e6b

Color #8a8e6b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 20.2 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8a8e6b

RGB

rgb(138, 142, 107)

HSL

hsl(66.9, 14.1%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.9, 24.6%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 24.6%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(57.86, -7.64, 18.21)

LCH

lch(57.86, 19.75, 112.76)

OKLCH

oklch(63.4%, 0.0501, 113.14)

HWB

hwb(66.9, 42%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6f6b8e

Analogous

#8e806b

#8a8e6b

#788e6b

Triadic

#8a8e6b

#6b8a8e

#8e6b8a

Split-complementary

#8a8e6b

#6b788e

#806b8e

Tetradic

#8a8e6b

#6b8e6f

#6f6b8e

#8e6b8a

Square

#8a8e6b

#6b8e80

#6f6b8e

#8e6b78

Shades

Color #8a8e6b mixed toward black.

#737659

#5c5f47

#454735

#2e2f24

#171812

Tints

Color #8a8e6b mixed toward white.

#9ea283

#b1b49c

#c5c7b5

#d8dacd

#ecece6

Tones

Color #8a8e6b mixed toward gray.

#888b6e

#858871

#838574

#818277

#7f7f7a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.16:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8c75 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#8c8b77 · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#8a7c7d · ΔE 21.3

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 14.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8a8e6b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a8e6b]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#8a8e6b (#8a8e6b) is rgb(138, 142, 107) in RGB.

No, #8a8e6b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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