#8b8943

Color #8b8943

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 17.62 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 13.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8b8943

RGB

rgb(139, 137, 67)

HSL

hsl(58.3, 35%, 40.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(58.3, 51.8%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 51.8%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(55.87, -9.42, 37.4)

LCH

lch(55.87, 38.57, 104.14)

OKLCH

oklch(61.6%, 0.0925, 107.36)

HWB

hwb(58.3, 26.3%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#43458b

Analogous

#8b6543

#8b8943

#698b43

Triadic

#8b8943

#438b89

#89438b

Split-complementary

#8b8943

#43698b

#65438b

Tetradic

#8b8943

#458b43

#43458b

#89438b

Square

#8b8943

#438b65

#43458b

#8b4369

Shades

Color #8b8943 mixed toward black.

#747238

#5d5b2d

#464521

#2e2e16

#17170b

Tints

Color #8b8943 mixed toward white.

#adaa54

#bdbb76

#cecc98

#deddbb

#efeedd

Tones

Color #8b8943 mixed toward gray.

#858349

#7f7e4f

#797855

#73725b

#6d6d61

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.76:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a5a · ΔE 4.9

Deuteranopia

#8a8a5f · ΔE 6.1

Tritanopia

#8b696b · ΔE 31.1

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 20.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b8943;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b8943]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#8b8943 (#8b8943) is rgb(139, 137, 67) in RGB.

No, #8b8943 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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