#8b8d7a

Color #8b8d7a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 11.64 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8b8d7a

RGB

rgb(139, 141, 122)

HSL

hsl(66.3, 7.7%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.3, 13.5%, 55.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 13.5%, 44.7%)

LAB

lab(57.98, -4.26, 9.9)

LCH

lch(57.98, 10.78, 113.28)

OKLCH

oklch(63.6%, 0.0276, 112.11)

HWB

hwb(66.3, 47.8%, 44.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7c7a8d

Analogous

#8d867a

#8b8d7a

#828d7a

Triadic

#8b8d7a

#7a8b8d

#8d7a8b

Split-complementary

#8b8d7a

#7a828d

#867a8d

Tetradic

#8b8d7a

#7a8d7c

#7c7a8d

#8d7a8b

Square

#8b8d7a

#7a8d86

#7c7a8d

#8d7a82

Shades

Color #8b8d7a mixed toward black.

#747665

#5d5e51

#46473d

#2f2f28

#171814

Tints

Color #8b8d7a mixed toward white.

#9ea090

#b2b3a6

#c5c6bd

#d8d9d3

#ecece9

Tones

Color #8b8d7a mixed toward gray.

#8a8b7c

#898a7d

#87887f

#868780

#858582

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.19:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8c7f · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#8c8c80 · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#8b8383 · ΔE 12.6

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 9.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8b8d7a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b8d7a]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#8b8d7a (#8b8d7a) is rgb(139, 141, 122) in RGB.

No, #8b8d7a 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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