#8b895b

Color #8b895b

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 19.32 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8b895b

RGB

rgb(139, 137, 91)

HSL

hsl(57.5, 20.9%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(57.5, 34.5%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 34.5%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(56.22, -6.74, 24.99)

LCH

lch(56.22, 25.88, 105.09)

OKLCH

oklch(62%, 0.0644, 105.96)

HWB

hwb(57.5, 35.7%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5b5d8b

Analogous

#8b715b

#8b895b

#758b5b

Triadic

#8b895b

#5b8b89

#895b8b

Split-complementary

#8b895b

#5b758b

#715b8b

Tetradic

#8b895b

#5d8b5b

#5b5d8b

#895b8b

Square

#8b895b

#5b8b71

#5b5d8b

#8b5b75

Shades

Color #8b895b mixed toward black.

#74724c

#5d5b3d

#46452d

#2e2e1e

#17170f

Tints

Color #8b895b mixed toward white.

#a3a172

#b5b48e

#c8c6aa

#dad9c7

#edece3

Tones

Color #8b895b mixed toward gray.

#87855f

#838263

#7f7e67

#7b7a6b

#77776f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.83:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a68 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#8a8a6b · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#8b7274 · ΔE 26.1

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 16.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b895b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b895b]

Related colors

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Frequently asked questions

#8b895b (#8b895b) is rgb(139, 137, 91) in RGB.

No, #8b895b 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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