#8c7b6f

Color #8c7b6f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium orange.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 10.05 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-500 #7c6d67 · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8c7b6f

RGB

rgb(140, 123, 111)

HSL

hsl(24.8, 11.6%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(24.8, 20.7%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 20.7%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(52.83, 4.48, 8.96)

LCH

lch(52.83, 10.02, 63.43)

OKLCH

oklch(59.5%, 0.0277, 57.4)

HWB

hwb(24.8, 43.5%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6f808c

Analogous

#8c6f71

#8c7b6f

#8c896f

Triadic

#8c7b6f

#6f8c7b

#7b6f8c

Split-complementary

#8c7b6f

#6f8c89

#6f718c

Tetradic

#8c7b6f

#808c6f

#6f808c

#7b6f8c

Square

#8c7b6f

#718c6f

#6f808c

#896f8c

Shades

Color #8c7b6f mixed toward black.

#75665c

#5d524a

#463d37

#2f2925

#171412

Tints

Color #8c7b6f mixed toward white.

#a09187

#b3a79f

#c6bdb7

#d9d3cf

#ece9e7

Tones

Color #8c7b6f mixed toward gray.

#8a7b71

#877c74

#857c76

#827d79

#807d7b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.18:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#858572 · ΔE 11

Deuteranopia

#868773 · ΔE 11.8

Tritanopia

#8b7475 · ΔE 8.1

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 8.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8c7b6f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c7b6f]

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Frequently asked questions

#8c7b6f (#8c7b6f) is rgb(140, 123, 111) in RGB.

No, #8c7b6f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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