#888a79

Color #888a79

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 10.23 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#888a79

RGB

rgb(136, 138, 121)

HSL

hsl(67.1, 6.8%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.1, 12.3%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 12.3%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(56.87, -3.92, 8.86)

LCH

lch(56.87, 9.69, 113.87)

OKLCH

oklch(62.7%, 0.0249, 112.66)

HWB

hwb(67.1, 47.5%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7b798a

Analogous

#8a8479

#888a79

#808a79

Triadic

#888a79

#79888a

#8a7988

Split-complementary

#888a79

#79808a

#84798a

Tetradic

#888a79

#798a7b

#7b798a

#8a7988

Square

#888a79

#798a84

#7b798a

#8a7980

Shades

Color #888a79 mixed toward black.

#727365

#5b5c50

#44453c

#2d2e28

#171714

Tints

Color #888a79 mixed toward white.

#9c9e8f

#b0b1a6

#c4c5bc

#d7d8d2

#ebece9

Tones

Color #888a79 mixed toward gray.

#87897a

#86877c

#85867d

#84847f

#838380

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#89897d · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#89897e · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#888181 · ΔE 11.4

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 8.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #888a79;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#888a79]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#888a79 (#888a79) is rgb(136, 138, 121) in RGB.

No, #888a79 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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