#8b8b5d

Color #8b8b5d

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 19.36 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8b8b5d

RGB

rgb(139, 139, 93)

HSL

hsl(60, 19.8%, 45.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 33.1%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 33.1%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(56.83, -7.58, 24.67)

LCH

lch(56.83, 25.81, 107.08)

OKLCH

oklch(62.5%, 0.0644, 108.1)

HWB

hwb(60, 36.5%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5d5d8b

Analogous

#8b745d

#8b8b5d

#748b5d

Triadic

#8b8b5d

#5d8b8b

#8b5d8b

Split-complementary

#8b8b5d

#5d748b

#745d8b

Tetradic

#8b8b5d

#5d8b5d

#5d5d8b

#8b5d8b

Square

#8b8b5d

#5d8b74

#5d5d8b

#8b5d74

Shades

Color #8b8b5d mixed toward black.

#74744e

#5d5d3e

#45452f

#2e2e1f

#171710

Tints

Color #8b8b5d mixed toward white.

#a2a274

#b5b590

#c7c7ac

#dadac8

#ecece3

Tones

Color #8b8b5d mixed toward gray.

#878761

#838365

#808069

#7c7c6c

#787870

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8b6a · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#8b8b6d · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#8b7476 · ΔE 26.2

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 16.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8b8b5d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b8b5d]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#8b8b5d (#8b8b5d) is rgb(139, 139, 93) in RGB.

No, #8b8b5d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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