#8e8579

Color #8e8579

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium orange.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 8.15 Nearest Tailwind class stone-500 #79716b · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8e8579

RGB

rgb(142, 133, 121)

HSL

hsl(34.3, 8.5%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(34.3, 14.8%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 14.8%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(55.99, 1.23, 7.69)

LCH

lch(55.99, 7.79, 80.91)

OKLCH

oklch(62.1%, 0.0207, 75.16)

HWB

hwb(34.3, 47.5%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#79828e

Analogous

#8e7b79

#8e8579

#8d8e79

Triadic

#8e8579

#798e85

#85798e

Split-complementary

#8e8579

#798d8e

#7b798e

Tetradic

#8e8579

#828e79

#79828e

#85798e

Square

#8e8579

#798e7b

#79828e

#8e798d

Shades

Color #8e8579 mixed toward black.

#776f64

#5f5950

#47433c

#302c28

#181614

Tints

Color #8e8579 mixed toward white.

#a1998f

#b4aea6

#c7c2bc

#d9d6d2

#ecebe9

Tones

Color #8e8579 mixed toward gray.

#8c857b

#8b857d

#89847e

#878480

#858482

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.78:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a7c · ΔE 5.4

Deuteranopia

#8b8b7d · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#8e7e7f · ΔE 8.9

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 6.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e8579;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e8579]

Related colors

Antique White #faebd7

Tan #d2b48c

Burlywood #deb887

Dark Orange #ff8c00

Navajo White #ffdead

Blanched Almond #ffebcd

Frequently asked questions

#8e8579 (#8e8579) is rgb(142, 133, 121) in RGB.

No, #8e8579 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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