#8c8f75

Color #8c8f75

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 15.5 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#8c8f75

RGB

rgb(140, 143, 117)

HSL

hsl(66.9, 10.4%, 51%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.9, 18.2%, 56.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 18.2%, 43.9%)

LAB

lab(58.51, -5.82, 13.5)

LCH

lch(58.51, 14.7, 113.32)

OKLCH

oklch(64%, 0.0376, 112.88)

HWB

hwb(66.9, 45.9%, 43.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#78758f

Analogous

#8f8575

#8c8f75

#7f8f75

Triadic

#8c8f75

#758c8f

#8f758c

Split-complementary

#8c8f75

#757f8f

#85758f

Tetradic

#8c8f75

#758f78

#78758f

#8f758c

Square

#8c8f75

#758f85

#78758f

#8f757f

Shades

Color #8c8f75 mixed toward black.

#757861

#5e604e

#46483a

#2f3027

#171813

Tints

Color #8c8f75 mixed toward white.

#9fa28c

#b2b4a3

#c6c7ba

#d9dad1

#ecece8

Tones

Color #8c8f75 mixed toward gray.

#8a8d77

#898b79

#87897c

#85867e

#848480

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

#8d8d7c · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#8d8d7e · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#8c8182 · ΔE 17.1

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 11.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c8f75;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c8f75]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#8c8f75 (#8c8f75) is rgb(140, 143, 117) in RGB.

No, #8c8f75 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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