#8b8d7b

Color #8b8d7b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 11.13 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8b8d7b

RGB

rgb(139, 141, 123)

HSL

hsl(66.7, 7.3%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.7, 12.8%, 55.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 12.8%, 44.7%)

LAB

lab(58.01, -4.08, 9.36)

LCH

lch(58.01, 10.21, 113.55)

OKLCH

oklch(63.7%, 0.0263, 112.37)

HWB

hwb(66.7, 48.2%, 44.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7d7b8d

Analogous

#8d867b

#8b8d7b

#828d7b

Triadic

#8b8d7b

#7b8b8d

#8d7b8b

Split-complementary

#8b8d7b

#7b828d

#867b8d

Tetradic

#8b8d7b

#7b8d7d

#7d7b8d

#8d7b8b

Square

#8b8d7b

#7b8d86

#7d7b8d

#8d7b82

Shades

Color #8b8d7b mixed toward black.

#747666

#5d5e52

#46473d

#2f2f29

#171814

Tints

Color #8b8d7b mixed toward white.

#9ea091

#b2b3a7

#c5c6bd

#d8d9d3

#ecece9

Tones

Color #8b8d7b mixed toward gray.

#8a8c7d

#898a7e

#888980

#868781

#858683

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

#8c8c80 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#8c8c81 · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#8b8384 · ΔE 12.8

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 8.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8b8d7b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b8d7b]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#8b8d7b (#8b8d7b) is rgb(139, 141, 123) in RGB.

No, #8b8d7b 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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