#8e8f7d

Color #8e8f7d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 11.45 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8e8f7d

RGB

rgb(142, 143, 125)

HSL

hsl(63.3, 7.4%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(63.3, 12.6%, 56.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.7%, 0%, 12.6%, 43.9%)

LAB

lab(58.86, -3.69, 9.47)

LCH

lch(58.86, 10.16, 111.29)

OKLCH

oklch(64.4%, 0.026, 109.76)

HWB

hwb(63.3, 49%, 43.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7e7d8f

Analogous

#8f877d

#8e8f7d

#858f7d

Triadic

#8e8f7d

#7d8e8f

#8f7d8e

Split-complementary

#8e8f7d

#7d858f

#877d8f

Tetradic

#8e8f7d

#7d8f7e

#7e7d8f

#8f7d8e

Square

#8e8f7d

#7d8f87

#7e7d8f

#8f7d85

Shades

Color #8e8f7d mixed toward black.

#777867

#5f6053

#47483e

#303029

#181815

Tints

Color #8e8f7d mixed toward white.

#a1a293

#b4b4a8

#c6c7be

#d9dad4

#ecece9

Tones

Color #8e8f7d mixed toward gray.

#8d8d7e

#8b8c80

#8a8a81

#898983

#878784

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.38:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8e82 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#8e8e83 · ΔE 3.1

Tritanopia

#8e8586 · ΔE 12.8

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 8.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #8e8f7d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e8f7d]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#8e8f7d (#8e8f7d) is rgb(142, 143, 125) in RGB.

No, #8e8f7d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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