#8f8a71

Color #8f8a71

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 14.78 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8f8a71

RGB

rgb(143, 138, 113)

HSL

hsl(50, 11.8%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(50, 21%, 56.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 21%, 43.9%)

LAB

lab(57.28, -2.5, 14.09)

LCH

lch(57.28, 14.31, 100.06)

OKLCH

oklch(63.1%, 0.0364, 97.89)

HWB

hwb(50, 44.3%, 43.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#71768f

Analogous

#8f7b71

#8f8a71

#858f71

Triadic

#8f8a71

#718f8a

#8a718f

Split-complementary

#8f8a71

#71858f

#7b718f

Tetradic

#8f8a71

#768f71

#71768f

#8a718f

Square

#8f8a71

#718f7b

#71768f

#8f7185

Shades

Color #8f8a71 mixed toward black.

#77735e

#5f5c4b

#484538

#302e26

#181713

Tints

Color #8f8a71 mixed toward white.

#a29d89

#b4b1a0

#c7c4b8

#dad8d0

#ecebe7

Tones

Color #8f8a71 mixed toward gray.

#8c8874

#8a8776

#888579

#85837b

#83827e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.04:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8d78 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#8d8e79 · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#8f7d7e · ΔE 16.7

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 11

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8f8a71;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f8a71]

Related colors

Gold #ffd700

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Frequently asked questions

#8f8a71 (#8f8a71) is rgb(143, 138, 113) in RGB.

No, #8f8a71 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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