#8c8870

Color #8c8870

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 14.02 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8c8870

RGB

rgb(140, 136, 112)

HSL

hsl(51.4, 11.1%, 49.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(51.4, 20%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 20%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(56.44, -2.74, 13.45)

LCH

lch(56.44, 13.73, 101.51)

OKLCH

oklch(62.4%, 0.035, 99.54)

HWB

hwb(51.4, 43.9%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#70748c

Analogous

#8c7a70

#8c8870

#828c70

Triadic

#8c8870

#708c88

#88708c

Split-complementary

#8c8870

#70828c

#7a708c

Tetradic

#8c8870

#748c70

#70748c

#88708c

Square

#8c8870

#708c7a

#70748c

#8c7082

Shades

Color #8c8870 mixed toward black.

#75715d

#5d5b4b

#464438

#2f2d25

#171713

Tints

Color #8c8870 mixed toward white.

#9f9c88

#b3b09f

#c6c4b7

#d9d7cf

#ecebe7

Tones

Color #8c8870 mixed toward gray.

#8a8672

#878575

#858377

#838179

#80807c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.87:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a76 · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#8b8b78 · ΔE 2.7

Tritanopia

#8c7b7c · ΔE 16.4

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 10.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c8870;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c8870]

Related colors

Gold #ffd700

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Frequently asked questions

#8c8870 (#8c8870) is rgb(140, 136, 112) in RGB.

No, #8c8870 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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