#8a856e

Color #8a856e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 13.4 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8a856e

RGB

rgb(138, 133, 110)

HSL

hsl(49.3, 11.3%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(49.3, 20.3%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 20.3%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(55.38, -2.18, 13.1)

LCH

lch(55.38, 13.28, 99.45)

OKLCH

oklch(61.5%, 0.0339, 97.13)

HWB

hwb(49.3, 43.1%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6e738a

Analogous

#8a776e

#8a856e

#818a6e

Triadic

#8a856e

#6e8a85

#856e8a

Split-complementary

#8a856e

#6e818a

#776e8a

Tetradic

#8a856e

#738a6e

#6e738a

#856e8a

Square

#8a856e

#6e8a77

#6e738a

#8a6e81

Shades

Color #8a856e mixed toward black.

#736f5c

#5c5949

#454237

#2e2c25

#171612

Tints

Color #8a856e mixed toward white.

#9e9a85

#b1ae9e

#c5c2b6

#d8d6ce

#ecebe7

Tones

Color #8a856e mixed toward gray.

#888370

#858273

#838075

#817f77

#7e7d7a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.66:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#888874 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#888975 · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#8a797a · ΔE 15.7

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 10.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a856e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a856e]

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Gold #ffd700

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Frequently asked questions

#8a856e (#8a856e) is rgb(138, 133, 110) in RGB.

No, #8a856e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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