#8b8b69

Color #8b8b69

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 19.49 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8b8b69

RGB

rgb(139, 139, 105)

HSL

hsl(60, 13.9%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 24.5%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 24.5%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(57.05, -5.89, 18.25)

LCH

lch(57.05, 19.18, 107.89)

OKLCH

oklch(62.8%, 0.0485, 107.76)

HWB

hwb(60, 41.2%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#69698b

Analogous

#8b7a69

#8b8b69

#7a8b69

Triadic

#8b8b69

#698b8b

#8b698b

Split-complementary

#8b8b69

#697a8b

#7a698b

Tetradic

#8b8b69

#698b69

#69698b

#8b698b

Square

#8b8b69

#698b7a

#69698b

#8b697a

Shades

Color #8b8b69 mixed toward black.

#747457

#5d5d46

#454534

#2e2e23

#171711

Tints

Color #8b8b69 mixed toward white.

#9f9f81

#b3b39a

#c6c6b3

#d9d9cc

#ecece6

Tones

Color #8b8b69 mixed toward gray.

#88886c

#85856f

#828271

#808074

#7d7d77

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.99:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8b72 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#8b8b75 · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#8b797b · ΔE 21.8

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 13.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b8b69;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b8b69]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#8b8b69 (#8b8b69) is rgb(139, 139, 105) in RGB.

No, #8b8b69 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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