#8b8b7c

Color #8b8b7c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 9.34 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8b8b7c

RGB

rgb(139, 139, 124)

HSL

hsl(60, 6.1%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 10.8%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 10.8%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(57.47, -2.79, 8.03)

LCH

lch(57.47, 8.5, 109.16)

OKLCH

oklch(63.2%, 0.0219, 107.03)

HWB

hwb(60, 48.6%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7c7c8b

Analogous

#8b847c

#8b8b7c

#848b7c

Triadic

#8b8b7c

#7c8b8b

#8b7c8b

Split-complementary

#8b8b7c

#7c848b

#847c8b

Tetradic

#8b8b7c

#7c8b7c

#7c7c8b

#8b7c8b

Square

#8b8b7c

#7c8b84

#7c7c8b

#8b7c84

Shades

Color #8b8b7c mixed toward black.

#747467

#5d5d52

#46463e

#2f2f29

#171715

Tints

Color #8b8b7c mixed toward white.

#9e9e92

#b2b2a8

#c5c5be

#d8d8d3

#ecece9

Tones

Color #8b8b7c mixed toward gray.

#8a8a7d

#89897f

#878780

#868681

#858582

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.08:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8b80 · ΔE 1.8

Deuteranopia

#8b8b81 · ΔE 2.2

Tritanopia

#8b8383 · ΔE 10.4

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 7.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8b8b7c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b8b7c]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#8b8b7c (#8b8b7c) is rgb(139, 139, 124) in RGB.

No, #8b8b7c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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