#8c8c75

Color #8c8c75

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 13.63 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8c8c75

RGB

rgb(140, 140, 117)

HSL

hsl(60, 9.1%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 16.4%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 16.4%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(57.67, -4.16, 12.32)

LCH

lch(57.67, 13, 108.66)

OKLCH

oklch(63.4%, 0.0332, 107.34)

HWB

hwb(60, 45.9%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#75758c

Analogous

#8c8175

#8c8c75

#818c75

Triadic

#8c8c75

#758c8c

#8c758c

Split-complementary

#8c8c75

#75818c

#81758c

Tetradic

#8c8c75

#758c75

#75758c

#8c758c

Square

#8c8c75

#758c81

#75758c

#8c7581

Shades

Color #8c8c75 mixed toward black.

#757561

#5d5d4e

#46463a

#2f2f27

#171713

Tints

Color #8c8c75 mixed toward white.

#9f9f8c

#b2b2a3

#c6c6ba

#d9d9d1

#ecece8

Tones

Color #8c8c75 mixed toward gray.

#8a8a77

#888879

#86867b

#84847d

#82827f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.12:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8c7b · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#8c8c7c · ΔE 2.7

Tritanopia

#8c8081 · ΔE 15.5

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 10.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c8c75;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c8c75]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#8c8c75 (#8c8c75) is rgb(140, 140, 117) in RGB.

No, #8c8c75 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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