#8c8e81

Color #8c8e81

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 8.88 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8c8e81

RGB

rgb(140, 142, 129)

HSL

hsl(69.2, 5.4%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(69.2, 9.2%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 9.2%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(58.51, -3.19, 6.67)

LCH

lch(58.51, 7.39, 115.56)

OKLCH

oklch(64.1%, 0.0191, 114.15)

HWB

hwb(69.2, 50.6%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#83818e

Analogous

#8e8981

#8c8e81

#858e81

Triadic

#8c8e81

#818c8e

#8e818c

Split-complementary

#8c8e81

#81858e

#89818e

Tetradic

#8c8e81

#818e83

#83818e

#8e818c

Square

#8c8e81

#818e89

#83818e

#8e8185

Shades

Color #8c8e81 mixed toward black.

#75776b

#5e5f55

#464740

#2f302b

#171815

Tints

Color #8c8e81 mixed toward white.

#9fa196

#b2b4ab

#c5c6c0

#d9d9d5

#ececea

Tones

Color #8c8e81 mixed toward gray.

#8b8d82

#8a8c83

#8a8b84

#898a85

#888886

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.3:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8d84 · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#8d8d85 · ΔE 2.7

Tritanopia

#8c8787 · ΔE 8.9

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 6.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c8e81;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c8e81]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#8c8e81 (#8c8e81) is rgb(140, 142, 129) in RGB.

No, #8c8e81 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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