#8b8161

Color #8b8161

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 18.82 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8b8161

RGB

rgb(139, 129, 97)

HSL

hsl(45.7, 17.8%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(45.7, 30.2%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 30.2%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(54.08, -1.47, 18.76)

LCH

lch(54.08, 18.82, 94.48)

OKLCH

oklch(60.4%, 0.0474, 92.78)

HWB

hwb(45.7, 38%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#616b8b

Analogous

#8b6c61

#8b8161

#808b61

Triadic

#8b8161

#618b81

#81618b

Split-complementary

#8b8161

#61808b

#6c618b

Tetradic

#8b8161

#6b8b61

#616b8b

#81618b

Square

#8b8161

#618b6c

#616b8b

#8b6180

Shades

Color #8b8161 mixed toward black.

#746c51

#5d5641

#464131

#2e2b20

#171610

Tints

Color #8b8161 mixed toward white.

#a19879

#b4ac93

#c7c1ae

#d9d6c9

#eceae4

Tones

Color #8b8161 mixed toward gray.

#887f65

#847d68

#817c6c

#7d7a6f

#7a7873

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.41:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#87876a · ΔE 4.9

Deuteranopia

#87886c · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#8b7072 · ΔE 20.6

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 13.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b8161;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b8161]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Gold #ffd700

Floral White #fffaf0

Old Lace #fdf5e6

Frequently asked questions

#8b8161 (#8b8161) is rgb(139, 129, 97) in RGB.

No, #8b8161 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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