#8d8b42

Color #8d8b42

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 16.8 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 13.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8d8b42

RGB

rgb(141, 139, 66)

HSL

hsl(58.4, 36.2%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(58.4, 53.2%, 55.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 53.2%, 44.7%)

LAB

lab(56.61, -9.73, 38.81)

LCH

lch(56.61, 40.01, 104.07)

OKLCH

oklch(62.3%, 0.0956, 107.47)

HWB

hwb(58.4, 25.9%, 44.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#42448d

Analogous

#8d6642

#8d8b42

#6a8d42

Triadic

#8d8b42

#428d8b

#8b428d

Split-complementary

#8d8b42

#426a8d

#66428d

Tetradic

#8d8b42

#448d42

#42448d

#8b428d

Square

#8d8b42

#428d66

#42448d

#8d426a

Shades

Color #8d8b42 mixed toward black.

#767437

#5e5d2c

#474621

#2f2e16

#18170b

Tints

Color #8d8b42 mixed toward white.

#aeac53

#bfbd75

#cfcd98

#dfdeba

#efeedd

Tones

Color #8d8b42 mixed toward gray.

#878548

#817f4f

#7a7955

#74735b

#6e6d61

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.9:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8c5b · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#8c8c5f · ΔE 6.1

Tritanopia

#8d696c · ΔE 32.3

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 21.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8d8b42;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8d8b42]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#8d8b42 (#8d8b42) is rgb(141, 139, 66) in RGB.

No, #8d8b42 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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